Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has launched a new fundraising campaign, inviting supporters to join "Team Australia" as she argues the fight for Australia has been reignited this year.
The newly appointed shadow spokesperson for Small Business, Skills and Training emailed supporters on Sunday, urging them to sign up for a monthly donation, with a target of recruiting 500 new members by the end of the month.
Describing the group as her "inner circle", Senator Price said supporters who commit to "Team Australia" would "reinforce the backbone of this movement".
"You give this fight stability and staying power," she said. "You ensure the issues that matter in the fight for our nation are not drowned out."
Supporters who make a monthly donation — which Senator Price's website states will go to the Liberal Party of Australia — will be invited to quarterly online events with the Northern Territory senator, receive monthly updates, and have the opportunity to "be a part of exclusive opportunities to ask me questions about anything that is happening in our nation".
"You will get an inside look at where your support is applying pressure and how you and I are advancing the fight," Senator Price says. "But more importantly, you will know that as the direction of this country is being shaped, you decided to stand up and be counted."
The email largely reiterates arguments made by the Coalition and conservative commentators in recent months that division is being sown in Australia under the current government.
It warns that unless people defend "our country's foundations of family, community and nation," there is a risk "we will lose what makes Australia strong".
"This has been a particularly tough year for those who, like you, worry what Labor and the Greens are doing to our country," she said. "But I believe the fight for Australia has been reignited this year."
Last year, Senator Price launched an "urgent" pre-Christmas fundraising campaign, urging supporters to contribute more than $125,000 to the Family, Community, Nation Fund to "fuel the fight for the policies that will bring prosperity and freedom back to Australia".
It is unclear whether that fundraising drive reached its target.
After being dropped from the shadow cabinet last year after failing to support Sussan Ley's leadership, Senator Price was promoted last month after Angus Taylor's successful leadership spill.
The senator — who is widely popular among conservative voters but was seen by some commentators as a drag on the vote during the last election after her "Make Australia Great Again" comments went viral — used Sunday's email to argue "everything that was built through sacrifice can fall apart if good Australians step back".
Calling on supporters not to hesitate, she wrote: "It is a time to restore strength, restore clarity, and take ground again. Together, we will challenge bad policy. We will fight on the issues that matter to families. We will push back with confidence and conviction".
