The event was advertised on social media by the National Party as a “great opportunity to come and have a chat” to Senator Nampijinpa Price and Cowper MP Pat Conaghan.

“It’s not right [that we weren’t allowed in] … I think it’s racism.”

“And I’ve already spoken to a number of Elders who were disappointed in it as well.”

Mr Hoskins said that Aboriginal people being excluded from a hotel in Kempsey was particularly jarring at this time, as only a few weeks ago the community celebrated 60 years since the Freedom Ride visited the town and shone a light on discrimination.

“And to me, Jacinta is divide and conquer, and that’s the way it comes to across to us.”

Senator Nampijinpa Price told News of the Area that she will “continue to speak out about issues that demand urgent attention such as the rampant domestic and family violence and sexual abuse that occurs within Indigenous communities”.