"I expect based on information that has come to light overnight - the additional information - that she'll not be continued to be Liberal candidate," Simon Birmingham tells @TheTodayShow.
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Jessica Whelan will today be disendorsed as the Liberal Party candidate for the Tasmanian seat of Lyons.
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Birmingham reflects on the racist remarks: "We won't tolerate that. We won't accept that. Scott Morrison has taken a strong stance in this regard." "The state executive of the Liberal Party in Tasmania will be taking steps to deal with this candidate."
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Statement from Tasmanian Liberals on Jessica Whelan: "Jess Whelan vehemently maintains that she did not make the vulgar post reported in yesterday’s media." "However, she accepts that she has made some of the other posts in question."
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Tasmanian Liberals (continued): "Clearly these posts are inappropriate, and the Liberal Party was not aware of their existence until they were reported." "Therefore, she has offered her resignation as a candidate and the Liberal Party has accepted it."
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The party is encouraging Lyons voters to support the Nationals candidate in the lower house and the Liberals in the Senate.
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Solid work by the AFP on this one
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you can bet they only heard about it from social media
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