FAMILY First Senator Steve Fielding has apologised for comments by one of the party’s Queensland candidates, who urged his Liberal opponent to come clean over her sexuality.
Senator Fielding has reprimanded Ben Jacobsen, who is running for the far north Queensland seat of Leichhardt.
Mr Jacobsen is running against former government staffer Charlie McKillop, who is hoping to succeed retiring Liberal Warren Entsch.
In Brisbane’s Courier Mail newspaper today, Mr Jacobsen said voters in Leichhardt had a right to know if Ms McKillop was gay.
“The voters might not give a rat’s if a candidate is gay,” he told the newspaper.
“But they have a right to know who you’ll bat for.”
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