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Senator Jacinta Price's jibe at Linda Burney's private jet tour of outback communities while 'dripping with Gucci' has drawn a pointed response from the Indigenous Australians Minister: she doesn't own anything made by the luxury brand.
While the minister may have a stylish wardrobe, her office said she 'doesn't own any Gucci products'.
Senator Price, who has been a strident critic of the Albanese government's approach to indigenous issues, bluntly criticised Ms Burney private jet tour of remote communities to consult them on the upcoming referendum about creating an indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Sen. Price mocked Ms Burney for going into Aboriginal communities 'dripping with Gucci' to 'tell people in the dirt what's good for them'.
In a report by The Australian last weekend, it was revealed she had worn designer items including Prada sunglasses and Edward Meller shoes on her visit.
Senator Price made the 'Gucci' remark at a National Party press conference on Monday, and Ms Burney was asked on the ABC how the Voice debate had become so 'personal' and 'so nasty' between the two Aboriginal parliamentarians.
'There's going to be many nasty things said, and I don't take things personally,' Ms Burney said before relating details of her childhood in the Riverina town of Whitton, NSW, separated from her white mother and estranged from her Aboriginal father.
Linda Burney made what appeared to be a few sly digs on the ABC's 7.30 program on Tuesday night (above) while refusing to directly comment about Jacinta Price's 'dripping with Gucci' sledge
Senator Price made the comment about Linda Burney's ' tour of outback communities to sell the Voice referendum, slamming the minister for 'taking a private jet ... dripping with Gucci to tell people in the dirt what's good for them'
Linda Burney (above in the red Carla Zampatti ensemble she wore for her official parliamentary portrait in 2019) has always been stylish and wears fashionable brands, but 'doesn't own any Gucci products'
Linda Burney, 65, (above carrying a Louis Vuitton bag) did not directly respond on 7.30 about the sledge , but said she had been raised to understand that 'kindness is free'
She told 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson that her white Scottish great aunt and uncle 'raised me to be respectful, they raised me to listen to people'.
In what might have been a dig at Senator Price, Ms Burney said she also lived by the maxim they instilled in her that 'kindness is free'.
'Giving up is not in my blood and I know that this referendum and a Voice to the Parliament will improve life outcomes for First Nations People in this country,' Ms Burney said.
But Ferguson further pressed the minister that 'the thrust of Jacinta Price's argument… is Aboriginal urban elites have no connection to nor understanding of remote communities. What do you say to that?'.
Ms Burney replied, 'Look, I don't want to respond directly,' but went on to say, in what might have been another dig, 'I am so proud of the fact we have a Prime Minister who believes in good manners'.
Linda Burney (centre) with Northern Territory senator Malarndirri MCarthy and Marion Scrymgour MP in central Australia on her recent tour of outback communities to explain the Voice referendum
Linda Burney (above in outback Australia on her recent tour) said 'having a Voice of the Parliament is about better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people when it comes to health, child removal, education, housing, incarceration'
'If we ever think this about ourselves then we are not doing our job properly'.
The Labor minister said she 'wasn't surprised' by Nationals leader David Littleproud's 'pre-emptive strike' in declaring his party's opposition
