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| Nampijinpa Price refuses to back Ley’s leadership or apologise for comments on Indian migrants | Nampijinpa Price refuses to back Ley’s leadership or apologise for comments on Indian migrants |
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| Country Liberal senator tells reporters she ‘won’t be silenced’ on what she claims is the problem of ‘mass migration in our country’ | Country Liberal senator tells reporters she ‘won’t be silenced’ on what she claims is the problem of ‘mass migration in our country’ |
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| Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has again refused to apologise for comments about Indian migrants or express confidence in Sussan Ley’s leadership, escalating a damaging internal war that has engulfed the party. | |
| The Country Liberal senator fronted reporters on Wednesday following days of calls from inside and outside the party for her to apologise for suggesting the federal government’s migration program favoured Indians to win Labor votes. | The Country Liberal senator fronted reporters on Wednesday following days of calls from inside and outside the party for her to apologise for suggesting the federal government’s migration program favoured Indians to win Labor votes. |
| Price has clarified the initial remarks – acknowledging Australia has a non-discriminatory migration program – but has repeatedly refused to apologise for the hurt caused to Indian-Australians. | Price has clarified the initial remarks – acknowledging Australia has a non-discriminatory migration program – but has repeatedly refused to apologise for the hurt caused to Indian-Australians. |
| Speaking in Perth, where she headlined a Liberal party fundraiser with senior colleague Michaelia Cash, the Northern Territory senator conceded her comments were “clumsy” but did not apologise for them. | |
| Instead, she declared she “won’t be silenced” on what she claimed was the problem of “mass migration in our country”. | Instead, she declared she “won’t be silenced” on what she claimed was the problem of “mass migration in our country”. |
| “That was the prime issue that I was talking about, and continue to talk about, and an issue that I truly believe that we need to be able to have a respectful debate about,” she said. | “That was the prime issue that I was talking about, and continue to talk about, and an issue that I truly believe that we need to be able to have a respectful debate about,” she said. |
| The fallout to Price’s initial comments have ignited open warfare inside the Liberals, exposing the factional tensions and personal grievances that have simmered since Ley defeated Angus Taylor to win the Liberal leadership. | |
| Price defected from the Nationals to the Liberals to run as Taylor’s potential deputy. | |
| Asked repeatedly on Wednesday if she supported Ley’s leadership, Price would not endorse her leader. | Asked repeatedly on Wednesday if she supported Ley’s leadership, Price would not endorse her leader. |
| “Those matters are for our party room,” she said. | “Those matters are for our party room,” she said. |
| Ley has refused to publicly ask for Price to apologise despite several Coalition MPs calling for it. | |
| Asked how she would repair the divide within the party, Price encouraged her colleagues to move on and focus on the Albanese government. | Asked how she would repair the divide within the party, Price encouraged her colleagues to move on and focus on the Albanese government. |
| “Those matters in terms of our party are obviously for our leadership. I would love to be able to move forward from this because there are issues. We’ve been elected by the Australian people to stand up as the opposition to address the failures of the Albanese government … and that’s what I would love to encourage, certainly, my colleagues to be focused on in moving forward,” she said. | “Those matters in terms of our party are obviously for our leadership. I would love to be able to move forward from this because there are issues. We’ve been elected by the Australian people to stand up as the opposition to address the failures of the Albanese government … and that’s what I would love to encourage, certainly, my colleagues to be focused on in moving forward,” she said. |
| More details to come | More details to come |