An incident between a sacked Canberra Liberal MLA and staff member in the party's division office played a "significant role" in the decision by the party's management committee to drop her as a candidate, the Opposition Leader has said.
A short clip of security footage showing Elizabeth Kikkert moving towards a staff member with a mobile phone was revealed by The Canberra Times on Wednesday.
Mrs Kikkert has called for the release of the full footage, in which she said she was holding the phone to a staff member to listen to a phone call.
She has emphatically denied she hit the staff member and said it had been edited to paint a "misleading picture".
Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee said the release of the footage was up to the divisional branch. She said she had only seen the clip once it was made public but also said the incident played a role in the disendorsement of Mrs Kikkert.
"There's no doubt that footage played a significant role," she said.
"The footage that has been made public was when I first saw it as well and I think given that is now in the public domain, I think people can make up their own mind about it."
The clip shows Mrs Kikkert in the party's division office moving a mobile phone towards a staff member. The staff member appears to move away from Mrs Kikkert after she reaches up towards his head with a mobile phone.
The footage does not conclusively appear to show contact being made. The one-second clip is date stamped Friday, June 14, and has a timestamp indicating the incident took place at 9.03pm.
Mrs Kikkert was disendorsed by the Liberals after the party's management committee unanimously decided to remove her from its ticket. They announced the decision in the early hours of the morning on September 10.
She has since been endorsed as a candidate with Family First.
It is not the only candidate drama facing the party.
Liberal candidate for Ginninderra Darren Roberts posted derogatory material about federal politicians, endorsed posts that described the Voice referendum as a "sham" and called for a "push back" against Indigenous reconciliation efforts.
Mr Roberts, who has been endorsed as a Liberal candidate in Ginninderra, had a publicly available Facebook profile operated under a nom de plume.
Ms Lee reaffirmed on Thursday she did not share those views and revealed she had spoken with Mr Roberts about the post.
"Those are not the views of the Canberra Liberals or my own views and yes I have had a chance to speak with Mr Roberts and I have relayed my views to him," she said.
"He is aware of the post and the stance that it does not align with my views or the party."
When asked whether he would continue to have the support of the Liberals, Ms Lee said he was an endorsed candidate and it was up to the people of Ginninderra to decide. She said she would consider a request if Mr Roberts asked her to join him in campaigning.
"There's no doubt as leader that you get asked by many candidates to campaign with them so if the request comes through I will consider it," she said.
Ms Lee also responded to criticism she did not front the media on Thursday. There was at a press conference for a health announcement on Wednesday but deputy opposition leader Leanne Castley was left to front the cameras alone.
The Opposition Leader said she had prior commitments which prevented her from being there.
"I had to make a call about whether I was going to be giving up that opportunity to talk to hundreds of Canberrans," Ms Lee said.
"We issued a statement. The deputy leader was available to answer questions ... there was no plan for me to do media yesterday. There was a statement pushed out, I'm here today."
