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She was a star Liberal candidate. The party passed

Did Liberal leaders convince a Melbourne lawyer of Indian heritage to seek a federal seat she couldn’t win?

Aaron Patrick
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent

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Two weekends ago, at the Yarra Valley Racecourse set among lush farmland east of Melbourne’s sprawling metropolis, a conservative Hindu from inner-city Melbourne, Roshena Campbell, asked a group of white Liberals to send her to Canberra.

Roshena Campbell at the Melbourne City Councillors’ swearing in ceremony at Town Hall last November. Wayne Taylor

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Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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