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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.
- Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price refused to apologise and declined to back Sussan Ley, leading to Price's removal from the shadow ministry on Wednesday after not providing confidence in Ley's leadership.
- On ABC radio last week, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price claimed large numbers of Indian migrants were allowed to boost Labor's vote, sparking backlash after nationwide anti-immigrant protests.
- Frontbenchers Alex Hawke and Julian Leeser publicly rebuked Price, with Leeser apologising to Indian Australians, while Sussan Ley hosted a Sydney round table where leaders shared `the hurt and the harm they felt` on Tuesday.
- The episode has fuelled bitter infighting as Price's refusal to apologise intensifies pressure on Sussan Ley, testing the Liberal Party's unity and management of the right flank.
- Community groups condemned Price's remarks as the Australia India Film Council urged recognition of the Indian community's contributions, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said `People in the Indian community are hurting` and NSW Premier Chris Minns called divisive rhetoric unacceptable.
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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price dumped from shadow ministry
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The Star Kuala LumpurRight-wing Australian senator sacked from shadow ministry over anti-Indian comments
Australian Opposition Leader Sussan Ley sacked a senator from her shadow ministry on Wednesday, for making "deeply hurtful" comments about Indian immigrants and then refusing to endorse her leadership.
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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