Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plotted with school principal to oust CEO of land council, court hears

High-profile lawyer Sue Chrysanthou SC is representing the Central Land Council boss in the case against NT senator

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Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plotted with a school principal to oust the chief executive of an Aboriginal land council she defamed in a media release, a court has been told.

The senator is fighting a claim by Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner that she defamed him in a July 2024 release.