Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ‘didn’t care’ about making false claims, defamation trial told

The Liberal senator tarnished' reputation of Central Land Council chief, court hears, but she says there was public interest

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A Liberal senator accused of defaming the head of a large Aboriginal land council was an evasive witness who made baseless allegations and gave illogical and self-serving" answers, a court has been told.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been sued by Central Land Council chief executive, Lesley Turner, over an allegedly defamatory media release in July 2024 that claimed there had been a failed no-confidence motion against him.