Jacinta Price claims Anthony Albanese has been missing-in-action on Aboriginal issues following failed Voice to Parliament referendum

Opposition Indigenous Australians Minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has criticized Anthony Albanese for “abandoning” Aboriginal communities after the failed Vote referendum.

Following a poll two months ago on October 14 in which 60 per cent of Australians voted against enshrining a race-based advisory body in the Constitution, Senator Price said Mr Albanese was missing in action among Indigenous people.

“Where he was on any of these issues, he was put to shame when he came to Alice Springs in February and he didn’t come back,” Senator Price said. Daily Telegraph This week.

Senator Price said it was “very disappointing” that there had been “no word from Mr Albanese… on any issues affecting Indigenous Australians” since the Yes campaign was cancelled.

She said it was her understanding that the Prime Minister had not spoken at any press conference on Aboriginal issues since October 22, a claim that appeared to be supported by official government transcripts.

– Where are you, Albo? She said.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of missing the mark on Indigenous issues after the Vote referendum was rejected.

Mr Albanese is currently on a five-day holiday, with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles holding the top job while he rests.

He and his wife Jodie Haydon were photographed posing with singer Marcia Hines on Saturday night at the Foo Fighters concert in Sydney to kick off his holiday.

Senator Price said despite a hefty $250 million in funding announced to tackle anti-social behavior and youth crime in her home city of Alice Springs, “not much has changed on the ground”.

She recalled a friend telling her that she was patrolling the city for her security work when her car was rammed by a group of young men in a stolen car.

They then chased her and she ended up needing hospital treatment.

She said the area was still experiencing a crime wave but Mr Albanese had not visited the area since earlier this year, despite traveling to nearby Uluru in the days before the referendum.

Mr Albanese is currently on a five-day break and was photographed outside the Foot Fighters concert in Sydney on Saturday night with partner Jodie Haydon and singer Marcia Hines.

Mr Albanese was nicknamed “Airbus Albo” for his frequent trips abroad, flying to the US for a lavish state dinner just days after the referendum failed.

Brisbane residents Keith and Christine Blair, who were on a sightseeing trip to Uluru during the Prime Minister’s visit, said they voted against the referendum.

“The Constitution is about uniting people, but a referendum divides people,” Ms Blair, who moved to Australia from France 25 years ago, told the Sydney Morning Herald.

“I would like to see the money that was put into this referendum be used to solve problems with Aboriginal (people) instead,” she said.

“I was blown away by the state of Alice Springs. As for me, who came from France, I felt like I was in the Parisian ghetto. I don’t think a referendum will solve this problem.”

Senator Price said she believed the majority of Australians voted against the vote for the same two reasons.

Firstly, because people did not want the country to be irrevocably divided along racial lines, and secondly, because the problems were already known and The Voice would only serve as a debate-filled distraction from actually solving these problems.

But rather than lick his wounds after the ignominious referendum defeat, Mr Albanese may be deliberately avoiding the topic until 2024, when the momentum of the failed referendum has died down.

Several key Yes23 campaigners, as well as Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney, said they were regrouping and would have something to say in the new year.