Indigenous Victorians have welcomed the Liberal Party's decision to disendorse its candidate for Williamstown after his racist social media posts were unearthed.
Liberal leader Jess Wilson said she was not aware of Paul Lindemann's Facebook comments before he was pre-selected and that she found them deeply offensive.
Mr Lindemann's disendorsement came after the deadline for nominations closed, and he will remain listed on ballot sheets as a Liberal candidate.
Victoria's Treaty body has welcomed the disendorsement of a candidate who made racist posts about Aboriginal people on social media.
Paul Lindemann was removed yesterday as the Liberal candidate for Williamstown after the posts were uncovered, but will remain on the ballot sheet because nominations closed on Monday.
Mr Lindemann made a series of posts on Facebook in which he referred to Indigenous Australians as "half breeds" or "half castes".
Mr Lindemann posted under the name Biddy Hu Biddy Hu in an apparent reference to his yacht Biddy Hu II, with which he competes in sailing competitions.
In one post he wrote that Indigenous Australians "believe they have more rights than the others that followed" and that Aboriginal people with "foreign blood" should "forego Indigenous status".
Mr Lindemann also said he had "much respect" for the "full bloods" but that "half castes" had only "greed and hatred".
