Indigenous Liberal candidate Jacinta Price was unimpressed with protesters, saying PM deserves respect as an ‘elder’ of community
NT Coalition senate candidate Jacinta Price, an Indigenous woman and the former deputy mayor of Alice Springs, criticised the protesters for showing “disrespect for an elder of our country, the prime minister”.
Albanese, on day three of his seven-day Covid isolation period, did not hold any media appearances of his own. He gave several television interviews via video link on Friday evening. Albanese declined to take a question from a bystander who entered his press conference in Perth, while another press conference in Brisbane was shifted from a park into a nearby back yard after Liberal protesters arrived. He also received a mixed reaction of cheers and boos while appearing at the Byron Bay Bluesfest last weekend.
Earlier, Morrison had pledged $300m for a Northern Territory energy and jobs package, including $70m for a clean hydrogen hub in Darwin, and $100m for carbon capture and storage connected to natural gas projects from Santos. The Coalition claimed this investment would create 3,800 jobs.Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
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