Rachael Dexter

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Cara Waters |Rachael Dexter |Roy Ward |Ashleigh McMillan

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1 week ago | smh.com.au | Benjamin Preiss |Rachael Dexter |Cara Waters

By Benjamin Preiss, Rachael Dexter and Cara Waters May 3, 2025 — 11.17pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Teal independent Monique Ryan has retained her inner-city electorate of Kooyong and is on track to extend her margin in the previously prized Liberal seat. Ryan had achieved a swing of 2.89 per cent by 10pm on Saturday night in Melbourne’s most affluent electorate, after seeing off Liberal challenger Amelia Hamer.

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Rachael Dexter |Charlotte Grieve |Clay Lucas |Cara Waters

Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Voting under way at polling booths across Melbourne as close race beckons in Kooyong, Bruce, Wills and GoldsteinKey postsHide key postsGo to latestFor the first time in five weeks, Liberal HQ tells me where to find the Bruce candidateFor the first time in this campaign, the Liberal Party told me the whereabouts of its Bruce candidate. Yesterday, I received an email from party HQ informing me Zahid Safi would be at Dandenong Stadium at 8.30am to cast his vote.

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Rachael Dexter |Charlotte Grieve |Clay Lucas |Cara Waters

This blog has become an important part of coverage this election. For a little refresher on why we’ve done it and how we’ve approached it here’s a taste of The Age editor Patrick Elligett’s letter to subscribers from a couple of weeks ago:When usually dreary suburban streets become kaleidoscopes of corflutes and the local train station goes from a silent place of routine into a forum of democratic discussion, I still feel a pang of excitement. Elections are won and lost in places like this.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Olivia Ireland |Angus Delaney |Rachael Dexter

By Rachael DexterOn Wednesday night Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a rare appearance in the seat of Kooyong, joining Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer at the Tower Hotel in Hawthorn East — a venue that has become known for its vocal anti-Monique Ryan campaigning with an enormous anti-Monique Ryan sign mounted on the pub. It marked just his second visit to the seat the Liberals are eager to win back.