Wednesday 10 August 2022 01:34 AM Jacinta Price tells Peter FitzSimons to play the 'bullying' interview tapes trends now
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Coalition senator Jacinta Price has accused author Peter FitzSimons of being rude and aggressive to her. He denies the claims
Coalition senator Jacinta Price has urged Peter FitzSimons to release the tape of their phone interview in which she claims he was aggressive towards her.
The new senator for the Northern Territory wants the public to make up their own minds about her phone call with the left-wing author for a Sun-Herald article at the weekend.
In a Facebook post after the article about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Senator Price alleged FitzSimons 'accused me of giving racists a voice but that wasn't printed.'
FitzSimons vehemently denies this.
Senator Price later deleted the post after receiving text messages from FitzSimons claiming her post was defamatory - but later told The Australian she felt FitzSimons was 'aggressive... condescending and rude' during their chat.
'I'm not a wilting violet but he's a very aggressive bloke, his interview style is very bloody aggressive, he doesn't need to launch in,' she told the newspaper.
FitzSimons is a prominent left-wing commentator and a leading figure in the campaign to ditch the monarchy
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