Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s attempt to blame the media for her comments about Indian migrants voting Labor is the latest and most laughable attempt by the Northern Territory senator to blame someone else for her own mistakes.

It’s the third time this year that Price, who rails at the media for being obsessed with US President Donald Trump, has used Trumpian tactics to avoid taking responsibility.

This is a massive headache for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, who was still in damage control mode on Sunday when obliged to say that Price’s comments were “wrong, they were not correct, they should not have taken place, and corrections have been made”.

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price wears the Australian flag in the Senate on Wednesday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

Ley stopped short of “sorry” but visited members of the Indian community in Sydney on Sunday. Alienating migrant communities already put offside by Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton and Jane Hume’s “Chinese spies” gaffe is the last thing she needs.

The brouhaha began last Wednesday, when Price told the ABC’s Patricia Karvelas that Indian migrants were coming to Australia in large numbers “and we can see that reflected in the way the community votes for Labor at the same time”.

With some gentle encouragement from Ley’s office, Price put out a clarifying statement an hour after the disastrous interview, but

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