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Les Turner alleges Jacinta Price defamed him by publishing false claims in a widely distributed media release, damaging his reputation, in a case heard in Federal Court.
- On Monday, October 20, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price faced the first day of a Federal Court defamation trial in Darwin after being sued by Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner, with the seven-day trial underway.
- The dispute traces to a July press release that implied Turner faced a no-confidence motion and was unfit to lead, based on a 'nonsensical' account from Matthew Palmer after a men's meeting at the CLC conference, July 16 to 18, and information from Gavin Morris.
- Court documents show Price believed the information and will argue the qualified privilege defence after withdrawing her truth defence; the court will hear CLC staff testimonies, text messages and emails.
- The hearing heard that Lesley Turner suffered reputational damage, with Ms Chrysanthou SC saying, `Senator Price trampled on my client's reputation & without caring at all whether what she was saying about him was true or false`.
- The legal dispute, filed in September last year, centres on the July media release widely distributed and since removed, with the Federal Court in Darwin treating it as a key test of Indigenous leadership defamation.
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Leader of Indigenous Council Sues Senator Jacinta Price for Defamation
The leader of an Aboriginal land council is suing Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for defamation over claims she made in a media statement. In documents tendered to the Federal Court, Central Land Council Chief Executive Lesley Turner claims he was defamed by a release published by Price on July 21, 2024, that had made its way into media across several states and territories. Price’s statement, which has since been removed from her website, cla…
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