Lisa Wilkinson apologises to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price over leaked audio recording

Former The Project host says the conversation was out of context' and was about the need for change within the Liberal party

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Lisa Wilkinson has apologised to senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price after she made disparaging comments about the Indigenous senator in a leaked audio recording.

In the audio, the former The Project host appeared to mock the Coalition by raising questions regarding the validity of Price's preselection to the National party and struggled to pronounce the senator's name.

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