Guardian Australia has released excerpts from a recording of a 2016 interview with the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Chisholm, Gladys Liu. On Monday Liu was quoted as saying the Guardian's reporting was 'fake' and 'wrong', and that she had been 'misrepresented'. The interview formed part of a story about a pro-Liberal campaign on social media in Mandarin at the 2016 election, which Liu led. In the audio Liu talks about the issues she considered important to Chinese Australians in Chisholm, including the Safe Schools controversy and same-sex marriage. In discussing the role of the campaign, Liu said Australians with a Chinese background considered such social issues 'ridiculous rubbish' – the article did not represent those comments as Liu’s personal views.