Current memberSenator for Northern Territory

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Senate · Liberal Party of Australia · Liberal National Right

NT SenatorFirst elected 2022Dataset snapshot observed 31 August 2026
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Liberal Party of Australia Senator for NT since 2022 · Liberal National Right faction · attends 51% of votes, rebels Never recorded · 35 sourced connections

  • Liberal Party of Australia
  • Liberal National Right
  • 51% attendance
  • Never recorded rebellion
  • 35 connections
Public profile

Biography

Jacinta Suzette Yangapi Nampijinpa Price (Warlpiri pronunciation: [jaŋabi nambiɟ̊inba]; born 12 May 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian politician. She is of Irish, Scottish and Warlpiri descent. She has been a senator for the Northern Territory since the 2022 federal election. She is a member of the Country Liberal Party, a conservative party operating in the Northern Territory and affiliated with the Liberal–National Coalition on a federal level. Since May 2025, she has sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament, having formerly sat with the Nationals. She was the shadow defence minister until September 2025. She then returned to the shadow cabinet after the 2026 Liberal Party of…

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Current and senior roles

  • 17 February 2026–presentShadow Minister — for — Small Business
  • 17 February 2026–presentShadow Minister — for — Skills and Training
  • 17 February 2026–presentShadow Cabinet Minister
  • 21 January 2026–23 February 2026Opposition Deputy Whip — in the — Senate
  • 28 May 2025–10 September 2025Shadow Minister — for — Defence Personnel
  • 28 May 2025–10 September 2025Shadow Minister — for — Defence Industry
  • 25 January 2025–28 May 2025Shadow Minister — for — Government Efficiency
  • 18 April 2023–28 May 2025Shadow Minister — for — Indigenous Australians

Committee service

  • 1 August 2022–presentSenate Standing — Publications
  • 1 August 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Education and Employment: References
  • 1 August 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Community Affairs: References
  • 1 August 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Community Affairs: Legislation
  • 1 August 2022–presentJoint Statutory — Human Rights
  • 1 August 2022–presentJoint Standing — Parliamentary Library

Qualifications

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Occupations

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Current parliamentary service

  1. 2025 presentRe-elected 2025Source
  2. 2022 2025Elected to the Senate for the Northern Territory, 2022.Source

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