Vandals paint niqab over Labour candidate's face in campaign posters 

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Vandals have defaced campaign posters of a Labor candidate in a key Melbourne seat by drawing a niqab over her face.

Multiple posters for Labor candidate Shireen Morris, running in Deakin, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, were defaced with black permanent marker.

The posters had images of Ms Morris, which were vandalised to depict her wearing a niqab. She is not believed to be a Muslim.

The candidate, who is of Fijian-Indian heritage, was cleared earlier this month of having Fijian dual citizenship.