Senator's Indian constituents call for apology over 'offensive' comments
An Indian society in Darwin has written to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, calling the NT senator's comments about Indian migration to Australia "racist" and "ill-founded".
Matt Garrick is a journalist and author at ABC Darwin.
Based in northern Australia since 2009, his focus is on issues affecting the Top End and Darwin, Central Australia and Northeast Arnhem Land.
His first book, Writing in the Sand, an authorised biography of NT band Yothu Yindi, was published by ABC Books in 2021.
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An Indian society in Darwin has written to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, calling the NT senator's comments about Indian migration to Australia "racist" and "ill-founded".
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