rewrite this title Jacinta Nampijinpa Price unleashes on the government in powerful video after her calls for a Royal Commission into the sexual abuse of Indigenous children was rejected: ‘Degrading… racism’

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has delivered her most scathing speech yet against the government after her attempts to launch a formal investigation into the sexual abuse of indigenous children failed.

The country’s Liberal senator released a video message directly to the Australian public explaining the outcome of the emergency motion she tabled in the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.

She said she had “never been so incredibly furious” in the 11-minute video, repeatedly holding back tears as she described why this issue is so important to her.

During her call for the government and judges to support a royal commission, Ms Price shared several real-life examples of First Nations children being sexually abused.

One such story involved his niece who, at the age of 15, was “beaten and raped by her own father.”

“(She) suffered horrible abuse for years and initially tried to get support from her family who didn’t believe her…it wasn’t until my cousin took her to the police so she could make a report, and she had the incredible courage to be heard at the age of 17 and to give evidence,” Ms Price said, holding back tears.

“The judge in this case said the abuse was prolonged and involved the use of weapons.”

Ms Price accused Labor senator Tim Ayres of underestimating the importance of her speech in a bid to silence her motion.

“I am horrified and disgusted,” she said.

“Given that I shared these stories in my speech, the fact that Senator Tim Ayres made fun of Kamahl during the referendum in his speech was simply beyond words.

“How absolutely degrading to sit there and hear this, to witness this, and to be spoken to in this manner by a male senator, after sharing these stories of abuse.”

The comments Ms Price refers to were made immediately after her own speech.

Mr Ayres said: “Of course child sexual abuse is abhorrent, and everyone here would condemn it.

“Like many interventions by those opposite, it is above all about politics and not about a solution. It is always about politics, never about a solution.

“We will, having accepted what happened over the weekend, listen carefully and continue to proceed in a careful and deliberate manner.” We will listen carefully to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

His comments regarding Kamahl – who changed his position on the referendum several times during the debate – were a pointed comparison with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s apparent reversal on his own commitment to holding a referendum on constitutional recognition .

“He changed his mind faster and more often than Kamahl. At least Kamahl is popular,” Mr. Ayres said.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Senator Ayres’ office for comment.

Ms Price accused Labor senator Tim Ayres of underestimating the importance of her speech in a bid to silence her motion.

Ms Price said she saw Australia’s blanket rejection of Indigenous Voice in Parliament in the October 14 referendum as a mandate to continue this inquiry.

Alongside the Coalition, she is also calling for an audit of spending in Indigenous Affairs, in order to put an end to the “watered down” approach of pumping huge sums of money into services that do not appear to be doing much. -something to help those who need it most.

Three indigenous senators; Ms Price, Kerrynne Liddle and Lidia Thorpe all joined forces in August to push the issue through the Senate, but it narrowly failed.

“To ignore the indigenous children of this country who suffer, generation after generation, from sexual abuse is, I think, absolutely abhorrent,” she said in her message to fans.

But critics of the proposal said it was just an attempt by the coalition to “demonize First Nations people” and a disingenuous move.

Greens senator Dorinda Cox said: “This will be disguised to demonize our communities and culture, which have sustained us for tens of thousands of years.

“Our people are hurting right now…and I know some people on the other side of the House don’t care.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Aboriginal Australia Linda Burney acknowledged Voice’s defeat on Saturday night, but pledged to continue working to improve the rights and lives of First Nations people.

Ms Price also said she had been wrongly accused of having sinister motives for seeking such an investigation.

“One of those excuses that was made was that somehow we were playing politics on this issue,” she said.

‘Of course. I play politics with my own family’s life. Yes indeed.’

She also said she had been accused of “wanting to do this just to make Aboriginal men look bad.”

“It’s not about the perpetrators,” she said. “It’s actually about the victims.

“The victims we are talking about are indigenous children. I don’t care who the perpetrator is, as long as he is dealt with. Or what race the damn author is.

“What I do know is that the vast majority of victims in this country are indigenous children. Why on earth shouldn’t they have the same opportunities as other children in this country? Why are their human rights not respected?

“It’s these voices, these are these children, that the Labor government has now denied. To me, that’s racism.

“I’m absolutely disgusted.”

Ms Price said despite the setback – and disappointment – ​​she would not stop pushing for these investigations to be carried out.

“We will continue to fight, we will continue to hold this government accountable, because we seriously want to improve the lives of the most marginalized.

“They prefer to protect the characters, the image of a group of people rather than protecting the children.”

Ms Price’s moving video attracted almost 2,000 comments and hundreds of shares less than an hour after it was posted online.

Ms Price also said she had been wrongly accused of having sinister motives for seeking such an investigation.