‘The Gap Is More About Place Than Race’: Shadow Indigenous Minister

Pushes for Australian inquiry into billions in funding for Aboriginal industry

Senator and shadow minister for Indigenous Australia Jacinta Price speaks at CPAC Australia in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 19, 2023. Wade Zhong/The Epoch Times

SYDNEY—The shadow minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price, has told hundreds of Australians that Labor’s proposal for The Voice referendum will not assist Indigenous communities.

“The Gap is more about place than race,” the Country Liberal Party senator said, addressing the audience gathered for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Sydney following a conservative-styled Welcome to Country, featuring the didgeridoo, the national anthem, and “I Am Australian.”