Jacinta Price is given a huge promotion by Peter Dutton

Australia
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Jacinta Price gets a huge promotion from Peter Dutton so she can campaign against the Aboriginal Voice to Parliament

  • Jacinta Price gets huge promotion from opposition leader
  • Peter Dutton appoints her coalition’s Indigenous spokeswoman
  • Ms Price said she was ‘very humbled’ by the leading role

By Olivia Day for Daily Mail Australia and Paul Osborne for Australian Associated Press

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High-profile Indigenous Senator Jacinta Price will lead the campaign against Anthony Albanese’s Aboriginal vote in parliament as Peter Dutton promotes her to become the coalition’s spokeswoman for Indigenous Australians.

Senator Price replaces Julian Leeser, who sensationally left the Coalition frontbench last week to campaign in Labour’s Voice To Parliament referendum.

The opposition leader described Ms Price as a “fighter”.

“She’s a warrior for Indigenous Australians and she’s a very proud (Northern) Territorial,” he told reporters.

Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price has been promoted to spokeswoman for the Coalition for Indigenous Australians

LIBERAL RESTORATION

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has unveiled his new shadow cabinet, following the resignations of Julian Leeser and Karen Andrews from the front bench.

* NT Senator Jacinta Price has been named as the new spokeswoman for Indigenous Australians.

* She takes over from Julian Leeser, who stepped out of the shadow cabinet because of his support for the Indigenous voice.

* SA Senator Kerrynne Liddle has been promoted to the State Department as opposition spokeswoman for child protection and domestic violence prevention.

* Michaelia Cash will take on the role of shadow attorney general, in addition to her current role of opposition spokeswoman.

* Victorian Senator James Paterson will take up the opposition home affairs portfolio in addition to his position as cybersecurity spokesman.

* The appointment follows former home affairs spokeswoman Karen Andrews resigning from the shadow cabinet and her decision not to contest the next election.

“She has always fought hard to improve the lives of Indigenous women and children, and we have seen that in recent days.

“I know she will do an excellent job leading the charge, but better practical outcomes for Indigenous Australians, not the Prime Minister’s ‘Canberra Voice’ bureaucracy.”

The Voice is a proposed new taxpayer-funded assembly of designated Indigenous peoples who will be empowered to influence and review all government policies affecting Aboriginal people.

A referendum is needed to amend the constitution in order for the vote to go through. The vote will need the support of the majority of Australians in most states to be successful.

Ms. Price has been an outspoken campaigner against an Indigenous voice in the Constitution. She said she was “very humble, very grateful that the leadership entrusted me.”

“I absolutely look forward to creating a better life for our most marginalized Australians in this country,” she said.

Mrs. Price is the daughter of a Warlpiri woman, Bess Price, who served in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and a father of Anglo-Celtic ancestry.

She was born in Darwin, grew up in Alice Springs, had her first child when she was 17 and was a victim of domestic violence.

It was also confirmed that former Home Secretary Karen Andrews will retire at the next federal election, with Ms Andrews stepping down as part of Mr Dutton’s reshuffle.

Michaelia Cash will add Attorney General to her shadow portfolio.

James Patterson will join the shadow cabinet as the new opposition spokesperson for home affairs.

Kerrynne Liddle will take on the role of opposition spokeswoman for the protection of children and the prevention of domestic violence.

Ms Andrews, who represents McPherson’s Gold Coast seat, was first elected in 2010.

She served as cabinet minister from 2018 until the fall of the Morison government in the 2022 election.

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