JULIA Gillard's star Senate recruit Nova Peris has lashed out at a smear campaign against her that has exposed deep divisions in the Labor Party and the indigenous community over her move into parliament.
As Northern Territory Labor members and indigenous identities continued to condemn the Prime Minister's decision to intervene and dump sitting senator Trish Crossin in favour of Ms Peris, the former Olympian yesterday explicitly denied "malicious and unfounded rumours" about her departure from the Territory's Education Department, the use of departmental assets and the ownership of furniture at three girls' schools.
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