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Liberal MP Apologises to Indian Community as Colleagues, PM Add to Pressure on Price
Senator Price defended her remarks on Indian community voting patterns and immigration, citing a poll showing 85% support for Labor among Australians of Indian ancestry.
- Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's ABC interview last week raised `a concern with the Indian community` over `large numbers` and was called `wrenched from context`; she said she had `nothing to apologise for`.
- Citing polling and voting patterns, Price said she referenced a Redbridge poll showing 85% of Indian-Australian voters supported Labor, linking this to mass migration concerns and pressure on services.
- Community leaders emphasised that the Indian diaspora's contributions include volunteering and civic involvement, while Senior Liberal Alex Hawke accepted Price's explanation after initially calling her behaviour `cowardly and inappropriate`.
- Party strategists noted the controversy has intensified scrutiny on broader party strategy on immigration, with Coalition internal critics warning that anything less than Price's expulsion would signal weakness from Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.
- Noting demographic diversity, commentators emphasised the Liberal Party immigration debate amid Australia's Indian diaspora of a million and voting diversity among Indian Australians; Berowra local electorate has about 8,300 residents.
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