Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has sacked Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the Coalition’s frontbench after a week of infighting engulfed the Liberal Party over the firebrand’s inflammatory comments about Indian migrants.

Ley asked Price to resign from the shadow ministry on Wednesday afternoon after the senator refused to back Ley and declined to apologise to the Indian community in a six-minute press conference, aggravating the dispute that has rocked the opposition for eight days.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has sacked Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the frontbench. Credit: Nine News

“Despite being given sufficient time and space to do so, Senator Nampijinpa Price failed to apologise for remarks which have caused Australians of Indian heritage significant hurt,” Ley sai

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