Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has issued a brutal message exposing the things she believes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has failed to achieve while running the country.
Ms Price, the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and senator from the Northern Territory, penned the open letter on Saturday slamming Mr Albanese.
The senator listed the things she said the Prime Minister had failed to deliver in the time since Labor was elected, highlighting the failure to lower the cost of living, immigration and the ‘divisive’ Voice referendum.
Senator Price claimed Australian families were ‘worse off’ despite Albanese’s plan to curb the cost of living crisis and labelled his attempt as an ‘astonishing failure’.
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (pictured) wrote a brutal open letter slamming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for his failed attempt at lowering the cost of living
Senator Price also took aim at Mr Albanese’s (pictured) immigration policy, labelling it as ‘nation destroying stuff’
‘The Australian people exercised their democratic rights and put Anthony Albanese in the lodge under the impression he’d deliver a $275 reduction in power bills, lower cost of living, and leave families better off,’ Senator Price wrote.
‘But the results are clear. None of that has happened. Interest rates are even higher. Inflation has barely slowed. And there’s no sign of that $275 reduction.
‘Under Labor, a typical family with a mortgage is now more than $35,000 worse off. What an astonishing failure.’
The Reserve Bank in November last year raised interest rates for the 13th time in 18 months, taking the cash rate to a 12-year high of 4.35 per cent.
This has seen monthly mortgage repayments surge by 67 per cent, while renters have copped large increases in rent thanks to a vacancy rate at one per cent or lower in many parts of the country.
Hopes of a rate cut were dashed when the Australian Bureau of Statistics last month revealed inflation in March rose to 3.5 per cent, up from 3.4 per cent in February.
Senator Price then took aim at the Albanese govenrment’s immigration policy, labelling it as ‘nation-destroying stuff’.
‘But it gets worse. Because now the government is bringing in 1.67 million migrants over five years right in the middle of a housing crisis,’ Senator Price wrote.
‘This is nation-destroying stuff.’
Australia reached a new immigration milestone in February with more than 100,000 foreigners arriving in just one month for the first time ever.
The landmark number is eight times the number of new homes approved and is set to further fuel the worsening housing crisis.
February’s net intake of permanent and long-term arrivals was 105,460 – almost double January’s 55,330 level, new Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed.
A record 548,800 migrants arrived in the year to September last year, with the foreign influx making up 83.2 per cent of Australia’s population increase.
The population growth pace of 2.5 per cent, with births included, was the fastest since 1952.
Senator Price claimed Mr Albanese’s push for the Voice referendum was another example of the Labor government’s failures as it was a ‘divisive’ vote which jeopardised the nation’s unity
Senator Price also claimed the failed Indigenous Voice referendum was ‘divisive’.
‘Of course, Albanese already tried to destroy our nation’s unity and cohesion with his divisive Voice,’ Senator Price wrote.
‘But that is yet another example of the Labor government’s failures. Because, as you know, the Voice went down and Albanese has decided the issues facing Aboriginal people, especially those of us in the Northern Territory, don’t matter any more.
‘He keeps offering platitudes and short-term cash injections and refuses to look at the real problems.
‘He refuses to consider that Aboriginal people are Australians just like him and should be helped based on need, not race.’
After a seven-month campaign, the Voice referendum was defeated in every state and territory except the ACT and cost the Australian taxpayer about $450million.
The outspoken senator finished her letter by describing Mr Albanese as a ‘creature of politics’ before pointing to Opposition leader Peter Dutton (pictured) as the best person to lead the country
Senator Price finished the letter labelling Mr Albanese as a ‘creature of politics’ with ‘misplaced priorities’ and ‘no accountability’.
‘Anthony Albanese is obsessed with his legacy and his photo-ops,’ Senator Price wrote.
‘He’s a creature of politics, who is already turning his focus to the election rather than focus on the problems you’re facing.
‘That’s been the pattern of the last two years. Misplaced priorities, no accountability, and all politics all the time.
The senator pointed to Opposition leader Peter Dutton as the best replacement for Mr Albanese.
‘With Peter Dutton leading the charge, the third year is going to be about fighting for Aussie families to kick this self-absorbed government out,’ Senator Price wrote.