NSW Liberal Leader Mark Speakman has apologised for the “deep hurt” that Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has caused Indian Australians, just days after backing a party fundraiser which the firebrand Northern Territory senator headlined.

Speakman met Indian community and business leaders in NSW Parliament on Tuesday to apologise on behalf of the NSW Coalition for Price’s comments, in which she suggested Labor focused on Indian migration to stack votes.

Speakman and senior Liberals, including deputy leader Natalie Ward, have been trying to distance themselves from Price’s comments over the weekend, despite the opposition leader on Friday insisting that Willoughby MP Tim James was “doing his job” by hosting a Liberal fundraising event with Price as the guest speaker.

Only two days earlier, Price

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