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Election 2025: Victorian hot seats

In this series of weekly live blogs, we take an in-depth look of the election campaign in the key Victorian electorates of Goldstein, Wills, Kooyong and Bruce.

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Amelia Hamer, the 31-year-old Oxford-educated grandniece of former Victorian premier Sir Rupert “Dick” Hamer.

Amelia Hamer pitched herself as a renter. She owns two investment properties

The Oxford-educated grandniece of former Victorian premier Rupert Hamer describes herself as a renter and someone who empathises with tenants’ struggles.

  • Rachael Dexter
These candidates are fighting it out in Victoria’s key seats.

Battleground Victoria: Why these candidates may hold the key to the federal election result

The major parties are facing a fight for heartland seats, while challengers are ready to reverse the teal tsunami of the previous election. This is where the fiercest battles will be fought.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey, Rachael Dexter, Cara Waters, Lachlan Abbott, Benjamin Preiss, Clay Lucas and Tom Cowie
Hamer joins in on a marking competition at Glenferrie Oval.

From a barbecue shelter to 10-court stadium, sport clubs in marginal seats are hustling for election cash

Politics is the last thing most local sports clubs worry about – except at election time, when much-needed funding for facilities is up for grabs.

  • Roy Ward and Rachael Dexter
Michael and Pauline Hodder lost their 24 year-old daughter Elise who was killed by a driver who was intoxicated and driving without a licence at the time of the crash. Elise’s friend was also seriously injured. The driver was immediately bailed after the incident. They are now for law reform in Victoria which would allow victims of crime to have a greater voice in the justice system.

Two days after Elise’s car crash death, her parents were dealt another devastating blow

The hours after Elise Hodder’s death are forever etched in her parents’ mind. But Michael and Pauline Hodder weren’t given a chance to have their say in court.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Hodder has been remembered as a “beautiful, caring and supportive woman”.

Driver accused of killing young model while drunk, on drugs granted bail

Elise Hodder, 24, was killed when she was hit by a car that allegedly reversed at speed as it tried to leave an illegal rave in Kooyong at the weekend.

  • Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
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City of Stonnington.

City of Stonnington: What your candidates said

Voters in Stonnington will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club board decided the Kooyong Classic no longer “aligns with the club’s core business”.

Kooyong Classic under threat as event does ‘not align’ with venue’s ‘core business’

New Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club president Darren O’Loughlin said in a statement on Thursday that the Classic did not “align with the club’s core business”, despite it being “an important and historical” part of the prestigious club.

  • Marc McGowan
Josh Frydenberg says he will not contest his former seat of Kooyong at the next federal election.

If not now, when? Frydenberg now bets on a distant future

The former treasurer has no realistic way to contest the next election. Could he try for Kooyong later? The truth is that nobody gets a smooth elevation to the top.

  • David Crowe

They say they ‘need’ Frydenberg. There’s an awkward problem with his return

The rush to restore Josh Frydenberg to parliament looks like a sure Liberal victory. But it’s a huge risk when anyone stops to think.

  • David Crowe

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