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One Nation Victoria candidate apologises for slew of offensive comments about lesbians, Indians and Julia Gillard
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Exclusive: Chris Moore, running for the party in Greenvale, made derogatory social media comments between 2010 and 2012 A One Nation candidate in Victoria has apologised for a series of offensive comments including repeated references to Australian-Indians as “curry munchers”, co
Exclusive: Chris Moore, running for the party in Greenvale, made derogatory social media comments between 2010 and 2012 A 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 Melbourne’s north-western fringe, Chris Moore, also made derogatory comments about lesbians, refugees and once posted that he “doesn’t like the way the new homo cleaner at work looks at me”. Continue reading...
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