From Australia:
"The federal Liberal Party [conservatives] has dumped its candidate for the Melbourne seat of Maribyrnong in a bid to head off a political furore over his description of a female Victorian cabinet minister as a "bitch".
Hamish Jones made the offensive outburst against [Leftist] Victorian minister and senior female politician Lynne Kosky on his internet blog site.
Labor, which is running union leader Bill Shorten as its candidate for Maribyrnong, in Melbourne's western suburbs, had been preparing to publicly call on John Howard today to disown Mr Jones.
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