ON Saturday morning, November 24, 2007, Caroline Overington had an encounter with the Labor candidate for Wentworth, Mr George Newhouse, in circumstances that she sincerely regrets. She hopes that she and Mr Newhouse can put this incident behind them and she wishes him all the best.
The Australian regrets any embarrassment Mr Newhouse has endured and also wishes him well.
Overington is a columnist for the paper, and this apology is extremely vague.
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It was widely reported in the Australian media that Overington hit and verbally abused Newhouse on election day. Viz http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/tempers-fray-at-wentworth-polling-booth/2007/11/24/1195753353073.html