Federal election candidates 'airbrush' previous work with unpopular politicians Peter Beattie has vowed to 'never give up' as a new poll shows him facing annihilation in Forde. ELECTION candidates from the major parties have been caught airbrushing their union links and employment with former governments from their official biographies. The election campaign material of political hopefuls - including some in titanic marginal battles - have also exaggerated their work with global organisations while some have also falsely claimed to live in their electorate. Campaign signs stolen, says Beattie Beattie cops it sweet in sour reception Labor candidates have failed to disclose their links to some of the most militant unions in the country. One Labor candidate - in a marginal Queensland seat - indicated party officials had sanitised her campaign bio, removing her employment with a former Bligh government minister. In the central Queensland electorate of Dawson, the ALP's Bronwyn Taha said she was proud to include her six-year work history in the electorate office of former Whitsundays state MP Jan Jarrett - but that it was removed by the party headquarters when she sent it to them. ``I wrote it up, but sent it to them and they distributed it," she said. Jim Chalmers, former chief of staff to former federal treasurer Wayne Swan, chose not to highlight his time working for the "world's greatest treasurer," instead telling voters in the Brisbane seat of Rankin that he was a ``senior economic adviser to the federal government during the darkest days of the global economic crisis." Liberal candidate Malcolm Cole - running for Queensland's most marginal seat of Moreton - trumpets his background as a small-business owner and journalist but leaves out his time working as an adviser to disgraced former aged care minister Santo Santoro and former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer. ``I've done a lot of jobs," he said. ``I have had Alexander here during the campaign. Having worked in the ministerial service is part of what I offer people. ALP hopeful for the marginal seat of Solomon, Luke Gosling, has been forced to update his official biography after it was discovered he claimed to be CEO of St Vincent de Paul - a position he left nearly two years ago. Mr Gosling also forgot to tell voters he worked for a Labor senator in Canberra. The biography of Adrian Evans, deputy secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia's WA branch, has airbrushed any reference to the militant union. Mr Evans is hoping to oust Liberal MP Ken Wyatt from the seat of Hasluck, held with a margin of less than 1 per cent. His official ALP bio says he was the last apprentice to be hired by the Fremantle Port Authority, but doesn't mention he's a senior official with the hardline MUA, who helped to organise street rallies in Perth. Star Liberal candidate in the western Sydney seat of Lindsay, Fiona Scott - who rose to national prominence when Tony Abbott declared she had "sex appeal" -, has been telling voters she worked for the United Nations, when she really worked as an accounts clerk for a UN affiliate, INMARSAT. And another Liberal hopeful, Donna Petrovich, has personally written to voters in the Victorian seat of McEwen, telling them that ``I live here," despite living outside the electorate in the town of Woodend. The revelations come as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's hand-picked choice for defence minister, Mike Kelly, has slammed the lack of ``diversity" among candidates and insider recruitment of former staffers by both major parties. Despite Tony Abbott and Mr Rudd claiming the election was about ``trust," nearly 20 candidates have been caught publishing misleading, or partial, biographies. In the NSW bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro, Liberal hopeful Peter Hendy uses his official bios to laud his career heading a top business group in Federal Treasury. However, Mr Hendy does not mention his controversial time working for ex-defence minister Peter Reith as chief of staff during the infamous ``children overboard" affair. He also worked for top Liberal MPs Brendan Nelson and Julia Bishop - but has airbrushed this from his official bio. Despite the omissions, Mr Hendy insists he is ``very proud" of his career as an adviser. ``My background is readily available. I have an entry in Who's Who," he said. Andrew Giles, who will replace former Speaker Harry Jenkins in the safe Labor seat of Scullin, neglected to tell voters he worked for two state Labor MPs, Gavin Jennings and Lily D'Ambrosio. In Newcastle, ALP candidate Sharon Claydon described herself as having "more than 15 years' experience working in her local community" but doesn't mention that a decade of this was as a staffer to outgoing Labor MP Sharon Grierson. And Liberal candidate for the NSW seat of Throsby, Larissa Mallinson, tells voters she is ``living locally for over 13 years and working in the retail sector" but she neglected to mention she worked for both Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Gilmore MP Joanna Gash. Adrian Evans (Hasluck) - no mention of being senior official with militant Maritime Union of Australia. Luke Gosling (Solomon) - forced to change his website after claiming he was still CEO of St Vincents de Paul. Andrew Giles (Scullin) - no mention of working for two State MPs. John Borlini (Forrest) - fails to mention he was CFMEU WA president. Bronwyn Taha (Dawson) - worked for former Bligh Govt Minister but no mention on her ALP bio. Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) -- doesn't mention that she was adviser to retiring Labor MP Sharon Grierson Troy Murray (Groom) - doesn't tell voters he was a former official of the "Missos" union, the LHMU. Jim Chalmers (Rankin) - fails to tell voters he was chief of staff to Wayne Swan. Fiona Scott (Lindsay) - told voters she worked at the United Nations but in reality was accounts clerk at UN affiliate, INMARSAT Donna Petrovich (McEwen) - tells voters "I live" in community but actually lives outside electorate. Peter Hendy (Eden Monaro) - airbrushed his time working for former Defence minister Peter Reith, or would be Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Malcolm Cole (Moreton) - fails to tell voters he worked for disgraced former minister Santo Santoro and ex-Foreign Minister Alexander Downer Larissa Mallinson (Throsby) - neglects to disclose she worked for two federal MPs Matthew Canavan (Qld Senate) - fails to disclose he was chief of staff to Barnaby Joyce.. From official campaign material