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One Nation Victoria candidate apologises for slew of offensive comments about lesbians, Indians and Julia Gillard

One Nation Victoria candidate apologises for slew of offensive comments about lesbians, Indians and Julia Gillard

In brief

Exclusive: Chris Moore, running for the party in Greenvale, made derogatory social media comments between 2010 and 2012A One Nation candidate in Victoria has apologised for a series of offensive comments including repeated references to Australian-Indians as “curry munchers”, comparing a woman in burqa to a bag of rubbish, and sharing an image calling Julia Gillard a slut.The party’s candidate for Greenvale on…

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