Opposition leader dumps Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from shadow ministry
Senator Price's remarks linking Indian migrants to political motives sparked internal Liberal Party conflicts and calls for apology amid growing community concerns.
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has stepped down from the shadow ministry after Federal Liberal leader Sussan Ley requested her resignation on September 10.
- Price faced pressure to apologize for comments claiming that the Labor government was increasing Indian migration to gain votes, which she did not do.
- The comments sparked outrage within the Indian community and led to calls for her to resign, as emphasized by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Ley stated that Price failed to meet the high standards expected of a shadow minister, calling her remarks 'deeply hurtful' to Indian Australians.
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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price dumped from shadow ministry
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Jacinta Price Goes Under the Bus
This afternoon, having learned nothing from her party's clown show in Victoria, Liberal leader Sussan Ley sacked Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the shadow ministry and declared herself the John Pesutto of Canberra. Pesutto, you may recall, came out swinging against one of his own, Moira Deeming, accusing her of hanging out with Nazis. It was a media beatup of course, but Pesutto was too dim at first to understand that the Hitlerheads were uninvit…
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