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The Liberals’ Jacinta Nampijinpa Price problem – Full Story podcast
And we also have today’s Full Story podcast tackling the very same subject:
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Nationals leader says Jacinta Nampijinpa Price should apologise for migrant comments
The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, has joined several leading Liberals in calling for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to apologise to the Indian community for her remarks that the government was only allowing them into the country because they would vote Labor.
Asked on ABC’s 7.30 whether Price should apologise, Littleproud said:
Yeah, I think she should. I think she’s admitted that she’s made a mistake. She regrets it. But I think it’s the right thing to do to simply say – you’ve made a mistake, I’m sorry for any offence that I’ve caused, and move on.
We all make mistakes in life, and I think it’s important that, when you do, you own up to them … We all get into these predicaments from time to time as politicians. That’s the sensible thing to do, and I think that’s what the Australian community should expect of her.
For more on this, read our report from last night as rightwing MPs rally around the senator:
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Updated at 22.25 CEST
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories before Nick Visser reports for duty shortly.
The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, has joined several leading Liberals in calling for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to apologise to the Indian community for her remarks that the government was only allowing them into the country because they would vote Labor. More coming up.
A man in Western Australia who was repeatedly sexually abused as a child in state care has won a landmark legal case after being awarded almost $3m in compensation. More on that shortly.
And we bring you the latest in the koala wars in NSW, where Chris Minns’ Labor government finally declared a 176,000 hectare great koala national park, and the Coalition has been consumed by infighting over the plan.
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