US EditionKooyong corflute kerfuffle headed for court as Liberals cry foul at council
- The Liberal Party of Australia plans legal action against Boroondara City Council over sign restrictions for candidate Amelia Hamer ahead of the May 2025 Kooyong federal election.
- The dispute arose after the council limited each candidate to one A-frame sign outside polling stations due to community complaints of footpath crowding, prompting the Liberals to call the rules unlawful.
- Kooyong remains a highly contested seat, with incumbent independent Monique Ryan seeking re-election against Hamer, a 31-year-old Oxford-educated fintech executive who faced criticism for not disclosing ownership of investment properties.
- Voters reported campaign tensions including sign removals, door-knocking incidents, and contrasting climate messages, while Ryan’s husband was caught removing a rival’s sign and she referred herself to the electoral integrity taskforce.
- The election outcome may hinge on the close 2.2% Liberal margin after boundary changes, with voters divided over campaign controversies amid concerns about economic issues and political ethics.
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Vandalism, Campaign Drama Fails to Shift Voter Sentiment in Key Australian Seat
In Melbourne’s leafy inner east, a bitter war is being waged. Voters in the hotly-contested seat of Kooyong have been bombarded with anti-teal pamphlets, corflutes ripped down, “dirt” uncovered and candidate forums gatecrashed and shunned. Teal independent Monique Ryan and Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer have both endured controversies. Hamer lost skin when failing to disclose she owned apartments in Canberra and London after pitching herself as …
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The West AustralianKooyong 'antics' turn heads but might not change minds
Monique Ryan and Amelia Hamer have waged a bitter head-to-head war in the campaign for Kooyong but has...
Campaign posters could be allowed on roads without licence under proposed law change - Jersey Evening Post
POLITICAL campaign posters will no longer need a licence to be displayed on roads and pavements during election periods, if plans by the Infrastructure Minister get the green light. The proposed amendment to the 1956 Highways Law is set to be debated in June. If approved, it would give candidates and campaigners the right to display election or referendum posters without prior approval so long as they follow a set of safety criteria. These would…
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