<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A former senator has called the current iteration of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/liberal-party" rel="" target="" title="Liberals"><span>Liberals</span></a><span> "completely inept" as she quit the party and became embroiled in a war of words with controversial senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hollie Hughes, who left parliament at the last election, yesterday revealed live on radio she had resigned her membership of the party and said she was appalled by the decision to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/net-zero-target-dumped-liberal-party-confirms-2050-policy-split/0cc825f7-2798-4930-9b62-4669da6546bd" rel="" target="_blank" title="ditch net zero"><span>ditch net zero</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She claimed prominent conservatives within the party were pushing female members such as Price and Sarah Henderson to make comments to undermine embattled leader Sussan Ley.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-to-ban-nazi-chants-and-imagery-under-new-laws/514d4dbb-c43f-46af-b990-ec94296ec2f8" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>NSW crackdown on 'vile' Nazi ideology seeks prison terms, heavy fines</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I mean, to be honest, I threw up in my mouth a little bit," Hughes </span><a href="https://www.2gb.com/exclusive-hollie-hughes-drops-bombshell-quits-liberal-party-live-on-air/" rel="" target="" title="told Nine's 2GB radio"><span>told Nine's 2GB radio</span></a><span>. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I saw that big right-wing conservative group walking into the net zero meeting together, and they shove three women, one who no one's ever heard of, and two who are being used, quite frankly, by the boys who want a challenge but don't have the gumption to go out and say anything themselves.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[They] are pushing Sarah and Jacinta out there to make these undermining comments to Susan. And I think it's disgusting."</span></div></div><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="150px" src="https://omny.fm/shows/the-drive-program/exclusive-hollie-hughes-drops-bombshell-quits-liberal-party-live-on-air/embed?style=cover" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australia-politics-liberal-party-jacinta-price-hollie-hughes/e7ff1295-12b5-4cfe-80c2-0203561f8ffc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hughes slammed the current generation and direction of the party.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There are some people who are completely inept, who are lazy, who are not across the details," she said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is an absolute rabble."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Price hit back strongly to Hughes' comments on the same radio station today, calling Hughes "bitter".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/liberal-party-leadership-challenges-jess-wilson-brad-battin-mark-speakman-kellie-sloane-sussan-ley/ca1aecaf-4555-4f39-aea2-9df06a1ad2b0" rel="" target="_blank" title="Dangerous week to be a Liberal leader as killing season kicks off"><strong><span>Dangerous week to be a Liberal leader as killing season kicks off</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's pretty disappointing to hear that sort of commentary from a woman … it's just a ridiculous notion," Price, who moved from the Nationals party room to the Liberals in May, told </span><a href="https://www.2gb.com/clearly-bitter-jacinta-price-blasts-former-liberal-senator-hollie-hughes/" rel="" target="_blank" title="2GB"><span>2GB</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's clearly bitter, and that's her issue to deal with herself."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Price claimed Hughes' arguments were the same as those used by her political opponents and insisted the decisions she makes are ones she believes in.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I suppose it's always been the argument by raging lefties that I can't think for myself, that I have to be used by others," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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