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Federal election haunted by ghosts of social media past as Liberal candidates dumped and Labor under fire
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Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 01, 2019 08:29am |
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Category | News |
Author | Brett Worthington |
News Date | Wednesday, May 1, 2019 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Posts were deleted, apologies offered and candidates dumped as social media posts racked up the political body count with the federal election campaign hitting the halfway mark.
Two Liberals are out thanks to homophobic and anti-Muslim social media posts.
Labor, meanwhile, is having to contend with a rape joke and mopping up its leader's earlier comments about his dealings with a dumped Senate candidate.
Dubbing it "fairly messy" has proved an understatement for day 20 of Australia Votes. |
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