Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the deputy mayor of Alice Springs, in central Australia, has announced that she will run for one of the Northern Territory’s two Senate seats in federal Parliament. Price will run for the Country Liberal Party (CLP) against Nationals senator Sam McMahon in a bid for the seat, which will pit her against a fellow Coalition member—the Liberal-National coalition run by the federal government. “It is nothing personal at all,” Price told The Australian. “I have the respect of many Coalition members, both Nationals and Liberal, and I know I can bring … a wealth of knowledge across many different areas, including the plight of marginalised Indigenous Australians.” Media reports have framed Price’s move as setting up a fight within the Coalition, but Price says this was never her intention. “Just like two others within my party, we have chosen to nominate for the Senate in a bid …
Jacinta Price to Run for Australian Senate to Push Back on Left Wing ‘Ideology’
June 1, 2021
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