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Laine Clark

MP calls victim rally a 'rent a crowd', apologises

Queensland government backbencher Aaron Harper was heckled at a victims of crime rally. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

A Labor MP has apologised for calling a Queensland victims of crime rally a "rent-a-crowd".

Government backbencher Aaron Harper accused local Liberal National Party members of hijacking the Townsville protest on Sunday after losing his cool.

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