Labor members in NT post 'sexist' email against Nova Peris Julia Gillard explains her decision to dump long time Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin in favour of Olympian Nova Peris A 'DEFAMATORY, sexist and borderline racist" email is being circulated by Labor members angry at PM Julia Gillard's personal endorsement of Nova Peris as a Labor Senator. Disgruntled party members are sending out the highly defamatory email giving 14 reasons why Nova Peris should not be allowed to stand on the Labor ticket at the next election despite being Ms Gillard's "captain's pick," the NT News reported. "Many of us are angry about having Nova thrust upon us," a senior ALP member told the NT News. But the email is disgusting - it's defamatory, sexist and borderline racist. Bad attempt at a very good cause Nova Peris with her children Jack, 9, and Destiny, 11. Rank-and-file members are angry that veteran left-wing Senator and Kevin Rudd supporter Trish Crossin was dumped in favour of Ms Peris. Nova Peris is Prime Minister Julia Gillard's preferred Senate Candidate for the Northern Territory. Even those who wanted Senator Crossin to retire are furious that they are not being allowed to vote for her replacement. Senator Trish Crossin, Deputy Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, during an inquiry into Australia's agreement with Malaysia in relation to asylum seekers, during a sitting of the committee at Parliament House in Canberra. Ms Peris was put No. 1 on Labor's Senate ticket after the "captain's pick" by the Prime Minister, with many Labor members supportingd the decision to get an indigenous woman into Parliament for the first time. But not in the NT. "Not Peris - she wasn't a member of the Labor Party when she was chosen and has lived in Canberra for most of the past 15 years," another senior party member said. NT Labor secretary Varenya Mohan-Ram said: "It would have been nice to have been allowed a vote. People were upset at the process. But everybody seems to be back supporting the Gillard Government and getting on with the job. He said party morale was high following the landslide in the Wanguri by-election. Ms Peris could not be contacted for comment. Nova Peris talks to reporters in Darwin after winning pre-selection to run on Labor's Senate ticket in the Northern Territory.