Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, President, and, again, this is an urgent matter because the conduct of the Central Land Council toward the chair of the Central Land Council appears to be corrupt and needs an investigation. Again, the chair was asked to leave the room on three separate occasions. Further, his legal team was shown little courtesy when his barrister was closed out mid-sentence during a delivery to the land council's meeting.

A Central Land Council delegate for region 1 had threatened the delegates, should they not cast a vote, they would lose their position within the Central Land Council as delegates. She also went on to say, 'So you mob need to place your vote or you will lose your position on the Central Land Council.' This sounds like corruption to me. The chair was subject to seriously unfair treatment and was given limited opportunity to give his case beyond a few very leading questions. The meeting was called in Tennant Creek, away from the chair's supporter base but where those who were attempting to remove him had a huge supporter base.