A One Nation candidate in Victoria has apologised for a series of offensive comments including repeated references to Australian-Indians as “curry munchers”, comparing a woman in burqa to a bag of rubbish, and sharing an image calling Julia Gillard a slut.

The party’s candidate for Greenvale on Melbourne’s north-western fringe, Chris Moore, also made derogatory comments about lesbians, refugees and once posted that he “doesn’t like the way the new homo cleaner at work looks at me”.

One Nation Victoria has not disendorsed the candidate over the comments, which were made on his personal Facebook page between 2010 and 2012.

In a statement, Moore told Guardian Australia “these were unthoughtful posts I shared as a young man among close friends”.

“They don’t reflect who I am today,” Moore said.…