Labor's candidate for Reid, Sally Sitou has stated she is "dissatisfied" the seat's member, Fiona Martin, denied complicated her with one other Asian-Australian political candidate.
The Liberal MP got here below hearth after a heated dialogue on 2GB earlier at present heard claims that Sitou was solely contesting the seat as a result of she'd missed out on operating within the voters of Fowler.
"You discovered a chance and also you could not run in Fowler. Kristina Keneally kicked you out of Fowler too," claimed Martin.
However Sitou hit again by saying the MP was "simply making issues up", as she has by no means been concerned in a pre-selection battle for Fowler.
"That is how ridiculous this debate has gotten," she stated.
"And I am actually sorry your listeners have needed to hearken to that."
Labor officers have gone on to say they consider Martin could have confused Sitou with Vietnamese-Australian lawyer Tu Le who misplaced preselection to Keneally in Fowler.
Sitou later addressed the difficulty on Twitter, demanding an apology, however Martin denied the accusation.
"Campaigns are aggravating and he or she made a mistake," Sitou tweeted.
"I might similar to her to apologise for mistaking me for a special individual."