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Miklos Bolza

Senator targeted council head for 'political purposes'

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has heard evidence from a land council boss suing her for defamation. (Lloyd Jones/AAP PHOTOS)

The boss of a major Indigenous land council has criticised an outspoken Liberal senator for taking aim at him politically and "escalating" false claims he was sacked.

Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is being sued for defamation by Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner over a media release in July 2024 that claimed there had been a no-confidence motion against him.

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