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Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price (Warlpiri pronunciation: [jaŋabi nambiɟ̊inba]; born 12 May 1981) is an Australian politician from the Northern Territory. She has been a senator for the Northern Territory since the 2022 federal election.
Jacinta Price is a former deputy mayor of Alice Springs and a Coalition's Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians. She fights for free speech and real solutions for Indigenous people in the Senate.
Elected to the Senate for the Northern Territory, 2022. Committee service. Joint Select: Social Media and Australian Society served from 16.5.2024 to present. Joint Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 1.8.2022 to 13.6.2023. Joint Statutory: Human Rights served from 1.8.2022 to 13.6.2023.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price wanted to be many things when she was a child – a concert violinist, a police officer, a lawyer.
Oct 19, 2023 · The Indigenous senator from the NT is a star of the No campaign and a potential contender for the Liberal leadership in Cook. But she faces a backlash from remote communities that voted Yes for the Voice and a lack of Coalition policies on Indigenous issues.
- Brett Worthington
Jul 27, 2022 · The Maiden speech by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to the Australian Senate on 27 July, 2022. Thank you, Madam President. I am immensely honoured to be standing here before you as part of the 47th Parliament of Australia, as the Senator for the Northern Territory.
Oct 14, 2023 · Liberal frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has declared “we are not a racist country” in the wake of the referendum result as she called for a “new era” in Indigenous politics. The star of the No campaign, Senator Price emerged on Saturday night with Liberal leader Peter Dutton.
