THE Liberal candidate for the state seat of Midland is mortified racist and abusive social media posts he made eight years ago have resurfaced.

Daniel Parasiliti, who missed winning in 2013 by just 24 votes and is now a City of Swan councillor, was recently re-endorsed to take on Labor incumbent Michelle Roberts.

But old Facebook posts about the Stolen Generation and vulgar sexual comments to a woman could hamper his campaign.

When his views about a nat­ional apology to indigenous Australians were challenged by a woman who said it was about “respect and compassion”, Mr Parasiliti fired back that she should “go get a d*** in ya including your mouth to shut it”.

In a rant about potential compensation payouts, Mr Parasiliti wrote the Government would be “wasting money on stupid legal payouts which theyd (Aborigines) blow anyways (sic)”.

The posts were made in 2008 in a Facebook group Mr Parasiliti was a member of called “Why should I say sorry …”, bemoaning the national apology.

The description of the group starts with the disclaimer “this is not a racist group” but comments descended into racial slurs and abuse of anyone who questioned the premise of the page.

Commenting on the Stolen Generation, Mr Parasiliti app­ears to sympathise with government policies that removed mixed race children from their parents.

“Get your head out of your arse ... how did we f*** things up? The government combined with churches and hostels took these kids away not for genocide but to aid them,” he wrote.

Mr Parasiliti, who was on the verge of tears when talking to The Sunday Times this week, said he did not recall writing the posts and labelled his comments “vulgar” and “ignorant”.

Camera Icon WA Labor leader Mark McGowan. Credit: News Corp Australia

State Opposition leader Mark McGowan said the commentary about women and Aboriginal people was “beyond appalling” and “would make Donald Trump blush”.

He called for Premier Colin Barnett to not hide from the issue and take action by removing Mr Parasiliti as the Midland candidate immediately.

“If I was Premier I would be removing him from selection today,” Mr McGowan said.

“This is not acceptable in WA and if the Premier doesn’t act I would say to every female voter in Midland and every male voter who respects women don’t vote for the Liberal party.

“They are the sorts of remarks that any woman, any man who respects women and any man who is father of a daughter would have to be deeply offended by.”

Mr McGowan admitted some attempts at humour and satire had in the past fallen flat but believed Mr Parasiliti’s “sexualised attacks on women and indigenous people” were “not forgivable”.

“Donald Trump’s commentary has been appalling but nothing of this scale,” he said.

Mr Parasiliti has worked with the Swan indigenous community through various programs since becoming a councillor.

“It’s not who I am today — I’ve worked so hard for so many groups and that’s all jeopardised for some stupid comment I made a long time ago,” he said.

“Yes it was stupid what I said, but I have to admit I stuffed up.

“It’s not what I stand for — it’s so far from it.”

He said the anonymous tip-off to The Sunday Times had deliberately targeted him over something he was passionate about.

“They’ve gone straight for my heart,” he said.

“People are going to call me a racist for some stupid comment I said 10 years ago forgetting everything else I’ve done — it’s just hurtful.”

Australia’s first indigenous frontbencher, Liberal MP Ken Wyatt, yesterday spoke in support of Mr Parasiliti.

“The Daniel I know today is very different guy to the one in the Facebook posts. He has a very strong involvement with the Aboriginal community and I’ve doorknocked with him and seen the way he relates to the community,” he said.

“The mistakes an individual makes when not fully informed of the issues is understandable so as a friend and colleague of his I forgive him for those mistakes.”

Mr McGowan said Mr Wyatt was being a “loyal Liberal” by supporting Mr Parasiliti and urged people to consider his endorsement when voting in Hasluck.

Mr Parasiliti is now married with three children and runs a successful physiotherapy ­business.

He was elected as a City of Swan councillor in 2013 and has strongly campaigned for local government transparency measures, the Guildford Hotel’s restoration and support for community groups in the Swan region.