Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been dumped from Sussan Ley’s frontbench after she declined to voice support for her leadership, in a dramatic escalation of a week-long spat over her comments about Indian-Australians.
Senator Nampijinpa Price confirmed the move in a statement, saying Ms Ley had asked her to step down and she had accepted the decision.
Ms Ley told reporters on Wednesday evening the failure to declare support for her leadership made Senator Nampijinpa Price’s position untenable and that her refusal to apologise for “deeply hurtful” comments about Indian-Australians also contributed.
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