The crunch by-election in the state seat of Northcote is getting nasty with one candidate saying her recent past of marriage breakdown and domestic violence has been dredged-up an attempt to damage her chances.
The Greens say the story of their candidate Lidia Thorpe’s bankruptcy four years ago was being “shopped around” Melbourne media outlets in recent days.
A Labor spokesman told The Age on Thursday the party was not behind the stories.
Ms Thorpe, who was discharged from bankruptcy in 2016, says the financial problems that forced her to seek protection from creditors in 2013 were the direct result of her marriage disintegrating …
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