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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Butler

Unpacking five key claims from Jacinta Price’s National Press Club address on the voice

The shadow Indigenous Australians minister, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Speaking at the National Press Club on the voice to parliament and upcoming referendum, Price has controversially claimed British colonisation has had no ongoing impact on Indigenous Australians.
The shadow Indigenous Australians minister, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Speaking at the National Press Club on the voice to parliament and upcoming referendum, Price has controversially claimed British colonisation has had no ongoing impact on Indigenous Australians. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The shadow Indigenous Australians minister, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, in her address to the National Press Club included several instances where the no campaign leader appeared to misrepresent key aspects of the referendum or create confusion over key sections of her portfolio.

Nampijinpa Price several times also declined to endorse the opposition leader, Peter Dutton’s, alternative policy to the proposed Indigenous voice, further throwing into question exactly what the Coalition would do on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues if elected to government.

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