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Liberal Party urged to improve vetting as Wyong candidate dumped ahead of NSW election

The decision to disendorse Matthew Squires (left) has been supported by Dominic Perrottet. (LinkedIn/AAP)

There are calls for better vetting processes in the New South Wales Liberal Party after a candidate was disendorsed over homophobic and Islamophobic comments he made online.

The party said the media made it aware of the comments by Wyong candidate Matthew Squires before an internal investigation was conducted and he was disendorsed.

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