4 d. ago Jacinta Price refuses to back Sussan Ley, or apologise for Indian migrant comments

The firebrand senator gave a hastily arranged six-minute press conference in Perth on Tuesday afternoon, after days of pressure from colleagues who wanted her to apologise.

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4 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Price continues to ignore calls for apology over Indian migrant comments, PM spruiks Fiji security pact from Pacific

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5 d. ago Why the sentence for mushroom killer Erin Patterson goes too far

Readers respond to the hefty custodial sentence for Erin Patterson, the tragic killings of two boys in Cobblebank, and the fallout over Jacinta Price’s comments.

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5 d. ago Liberal MPs apologise to Indian community as colleagues, PM add to pressure on Price

The federal Liberal Party descended further into infighting on Tuesday as Julian Leeser and several members of the NSW Liberals apologised to the Indian community for Jacinta Price’s comments.

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5 d. ago ‘Deep hurt’: NSW Coalition apologises to Indian community after Price’s comments

NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman has apologised for comments made by Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, just days after backing a fundraiser she headlined. 

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6 d. ago ‘I feel I have to say it’: Liberal MP Julian Leeser apologises for Price’s Indian migrant remarks

Leeser made an unreserved apology to the Indian community in his electorate for comments made by his colleague Jacinta Price.

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6 d. ago Sophisticated nations support bookstores and literary culture

Readers respond to the closure of respected literary journal Meanjin, and controversial comments by Liberal senator Jacinta Price.

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6 d. ago Liberal powerbroker tells Price to apologise, cites ‘real damage on both sides’

The fallout over Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments on Indian immigration is exposing broader infighting in the party.

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7 d. ago Sussan Ley in ‘damage control’ after Jacinta Nampijinpa Price comments

Sussan Ley met Indian community groups in Sydney after comments made by Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

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7 d. ago Liberal divisions spill into public view as Price accuses Hawke of ‘inappropriate conduct’

The senator’s claims came as a business group in Sydney’s Little India refused to meet Opposition Leader Sussan Ley unless Price apologised or was sacked for her comments on Indian immigration.

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9 d. ago Ley posts videos in attempt to clean up mess after Price comments about Indian community

Price’s decision to specifically mention Indian migrants complicated Ley’s post-election promise to rebuild the Coalition’s reputation in multicultural communities.

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1 week ago Price headlines NSW Liberals fundraiser after Indian migration comments

Conservative NSW Liberal MP Tim James says Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a politician of “conviction and courage”.

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1 week ago Liberal senator calls Price’s defiant Indian migrant comments ‘very poorly expressed’

Coalition MPs were in damage control on Thursday, as Labor called on Price and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to apologise for the “terrible smear” on the Indian community.

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1 week ago ‘Don’t have anything to apologise about,’ Price says of Indian migrant comments

The Liberal senator’s freelancing has created a headache for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, who has been peppered with questions about Price.

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