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Claims of dirty tactics have erupted in a tense battleground election contest, with supporters of one Sydney Labor candidate saying her signs were 'ripped down' overnight.
Posters for Labor's candidate Sally Sitou were allegedly torn down in the key inner Sydney electorate of Reid early on Saturday and replaced with Liberal corflutes.
That was followed by claims of reprisals by Ms Sitou's team, that signs for the sitting member, Dr Fiona Martin, were removed and tossed away.
Tensions continued to rise in a key election battleground seat in Sydney's west when Sally Sitou's signs were allegedly removed, a week after an awkward radio interview in which her rival (Dr Fiona Martin, pictured left), appeared to mix her up with someone else
Claims of dirty tactics erupted in Reid with supporters of Ms Sitou saying her signs were 'ripped down' and replaced with Liberal signs overnight
In a live Channel Nine television segment, a woman in an 'I vote for trees' t-shirt is shown carrying a corflute with Anthony Albanese's image on it, and dropping it on the ground behind a building. Her allegiances are unknown
On Sky News Dr Martin denied any knowledge of the vandalism and agreed it would be inappropriate behaviour.
In a live channel Nine television segment, a woman in an 'I vote for trees' t-shirt was seen carrying a corflute with Anthony Albanese's image on it, and dropping it on the ground behind a building.
It is not known which campaign the woman shown was connected to, and there is no suggestion she was acting improperly.
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