Article 5M6RD Queensland LNP candidate Jim Bellos apologises for offensive posts about female journalist

Queensland LNP candidate Jim Bellos apologises for offensive posts about female journalist

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Ben Smee and Amy Remeikis
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Bellos, a policeman, made the Facebook posts in 2017 in relation to an off-air exchange between two presenters

The endorsed Queensland Liberal National party candidate, policeman Jim Bellos, has apologised for social media posts referring to a female journalist as a cow" and a stupid sour bitch". .

The Facebook posts by Bellos, a former Queenslander of the Year who is running at a state by-election in the south Brisbane seat of Stretton, have emerged amid a crackdown on officers' offensive private social media activity by the Queensland police.

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