{"id":368923,"date":"2025-11-10T09:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/368923\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:49:20","slug":"jacinta-nampijinpa-price-backs-out-as-headlining-speaker-at-anti-immigration-rally-due-to-feature-tommy-robinson-jacinta-nampijinpa-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/368923\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacinta Nampijinpa Price backs out as headlining speaker at anti-immigration rally due to feature Tommy Robinson | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liberal Jacinta Nampijinpa Price<\/a> backed out as the headlining speaker at an upcoming anti-immigration protest spanning several of Australia\u2019s cities that was inspired by rightwing protests in the UK in September.<\/p>\n

The Northern Territory senator announced shortly before midday on Friday she was \u201chonoured\u201d to join the rally against \u201cmass immigration\u201d and net zero. Less than 24 hours later, and after Guardian Australia contacted Nampijinpa Price\u2019s office with questions, her announcement was wiped from social media.<\/p>\n

The Put Australia First rallies, organised by anti-lockdown protester Monica Smit and others associated with the \u201cfreedom\u201d movement, have been organised in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for the end of November.<\/p>\n

In a now-deleted post on X, Nampijinpa Price said she was \u201chonoured\u201d to join the Sydney event, which will also feature a virtual appearance from the British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who was behind the \u201cUnite the Kingdom\u201d march<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHonoured to stand with fellow Australians who share our unyielding commitment to national sovereignty and prosperity,\u201d Nampijinpa Price wrote on X on Friday, promoting the event\u2019s poster.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn 29 November, let\u2019s unite in Sydney to hear the voices that matter most – those of everyday Aussies demanding real change. Together, we Put Australia First.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rallies follow similar gatherings in August in Australia, which turned violent and attracted controversy after being promoted and attended<\/a> by neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n

Put Australia First\u2019s rally organisers say the upcoming events are not connected to those held in August, and neo-Nazis will not be welcomed.<\/p>\n

Guardian Australia contacted Nampijinpa Price\u2019s office on Friday afternoon to ask whether she felt comfortable appearing alongside Robinson, a controversial UK figure known for his ties to fascism and anti-Islamic groups.<\/p>\n

On Saturday morning, a spokesperson said the senator would no longer attend due to \u201cpersonal commitments\u201d. Nampijinpa Price and her musician husband, also due to appear, have both been removed from the group\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s understood Sussan Ley\u2019s office was not informed about the Liberal backbencher\u2019s speech ahead of her announcement on Friday. A spokesperson for the opposition leader\u2019s office declined to respond when asked if the opposition leader intervened to prevent Nampijinpa Price\u2019s attendance.<\/p>\n

While Nampijinpa Price didn\u2019t attend the August rallies, the Northern Territory Liberal senator congratulated the marchers and said the \u201cvast majority\u201d were people who \u201clove this country\u201d.<\/p>\n

The senator said she \u201cutterly condemned those who call themselves neo-Nazis\u201d, and said they had \u201chijacked\u201d the marches.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the ABC days later, Nampijinpa Price falsely claimed<\/a> federal Labor was promoting migration by specific ethnic groups, namely from India, to grow its electoral support.<\/p>\n

Indian Australians had been targeted by anti-immigration protesters in August, prompting concern<\/a> the senator\u2019s comments would further incite racism and division.<\/p>\n

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She walked back the comments<\/a> shortly after but refused to apologise for the comments or publicly express support for the Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, leading to her sacking from the shadow ministry.<\/p>\n

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Smit said the upcoming event had no connection to August\u2019s rallies and she strongly condemned \u201cextremist views of the NSN [National Socialist Network] and [does] not associate with anyone who has offered them a platform to speak and recruit\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands of everyday Aussies at past events have had their genuine concerns misappropriated by dishonest or radical voices,\u201d she told Guardian Australia.<\/p>\n

Smit said all speakers were invited by the group and there would be no \u201copen mic\u201d opportunities for attenders.<\/p>\n

Robinson is billed to appear virtually at the event, with Smit acknowledging on social media he would likely not be granted a visa to enter the country.<\/p>\n

Robinson, who co-founded the now defunct Islamophobic group the English Defence League, has convictions for violence, public order offences, and financial and immigration frauds. His latest book<\/a> centres on the \u201cgreat replacement\u201d conspiracy theory, claiming the UK\u2019s population is being \u201creplaced\u201d by non-Anglo immigrants.<\/p>\n

Smit defended Robinson\u2019s inclusion, saying he would \u201cshare his energy and patriotism via a pre-recorded video speech\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have connected with Tommy Robinson<\/a>, as he has a large global profile as someone who is patriotic and speaks up for his own country, voicing the concerns of many of his fellow countrymen and women,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liberal Jacinta Nampijinpa Price backed out as the headlining speaker at an upcoming anti-immigration protest spanning several of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":368924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-368923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115524781780673848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}