Overview

• Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s updated Senate interests register lists 762 donors over the $300 threshold between July 22 and September 5, including Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.
• Because senators disclose donor names but not amounts, the declared entries imply at least $228,600 yet the total raised could be higher.
• The Federal Court trial, brought by Central Land Council chief executive Les Turner, is scheduled to begin on October 20 and run over seven days.
• Turner alleges a Price media release falsely suggested most CLC members supported his dismissal for unprofessional conduct; Price later removed the release from her website.
• Price’s defence cites qualified privilege, asserting a public-interest duty to comment and a reasonable belief in information from then-CLC chair Matthew Palmer, while she has warned supporters an adverse judgment could threaten her position if it led to bankruptcy.