Inside Hawthorn: Back to true Liberal blue or will teal lightning strike twice?
The seat was a shock win for Labor in 2018. The opposition is counting on taking it back but a teal candidate has other ideas. Welcome to our in-depth coverage of this key electorate.
27 November
Liberals pull ahead of teal in Hawthorn as postals go Pesutto’s way
Liberal Party’s John Pesutto in front of teal candidate Melissa Lowe as vote count goes down to the wire in Hawthorn.
- by Clay Lucas
25 November
‘Like polling booth Survivor Island’: Hawthorn candidates exhausted as pre-poll comes to an end
As the campaign ends, the four main candidates in the marginal seat of Hawthorn have given it their all at pre-polling - and are weary as election day looms.
- by Clay Lucas
24 November
Labor and teals target Liberals in marginal seats in campaign’s final days
Teal independents running in three marginal seats have released polling commissioned by Climate 200 pointing to major concern among voters in the electorates about the logging of native forests.
- by Clay Lucas
24 November
Liberals under pressure from teal poll and Labor ads in marginal seats
Labor is using the final days of the state election campaign to pour thousands of dollars into social media ads targeting Liberal candidates in seats it is unlikely to win but could go to teals.
- by Clay Lucas
21 November
Flyers from Libs and teals go on the attack as election day looms
Competition for the state seats of Hawthorn and Kew is heating up, with the Liberal Party putting flyers in letterboxes in the electorates saying a vote for a teal independent candidate is a vote to re-elect the Andrews government.
- by Clay Lucas
November 21
‘Open slather’ for developers is bad news for heritage, Hawthorn campaigners say
Heritage has been one of the most contested spaces in Melbourne’s inner east, but at this election only one candidate in Hawthorn has made its protection a core issue.
- by Clay Lucas
November 18
Feed frenzy: How your local candidate is all up in your socials
State political advertising in key seats is now less about the leader and more about the local candidate.
- by Bianca Hall, Clay Lucas and Rachael Dexter
November 17
Tribunal overturns VEC ban on teal how-to-vote cards
Justice Michelle Quigley found she was “not satisfied that on all of the material that the card is likely to mislead or deceive” voters.
- by David Estcourt and Clay Lucas
November 16
Teals in Hawthorn and Kew threatened with jail over how-to-vote cards
The Victorian Electoral Commission has delivered “cease and desist” letters to two teal candidates ordering them to stop handing out how-to-vote cards that do not allocate preferences, or face jail or an $11,000 fine.
- by Clay Lucas
November 15
Labor accused of ‘stupid politics’ over climate scorecard in Hawthorn
Labor attacks Greens over its role in a climate change scorecard. But the genuine community groups behind it say it’s a smear that won’t pay off for Labor.
- by Clay Lucas
November 12
No blanks allowed: Teal candidates plot legal challenge over how-to-vote cards
At least two independent candidates - including one in the ultra-marginal seat of Hawthorn - are preparing to mount a legal action against the electoral commission over blank boxes on how-to-vote cards.
- by Clay Lucas
November 11
Ballot draw favours Labor’s John Kennedy ahead of key rivals in Hawthorn
Labor has finished closest to the top on the ballot draw among candidates likely to win the ultra-marginal seat of Hawthorn, with the teal candidate next in line and the Liberals second last.
- by Clay Lucas
November 10
Hawthorn MP contracts COVID-19 as nominations for seats close
Hawthorn MP John Kennedy has caught COVID-19 and will miss the drawing of the ballot for the ultra-marginal inner-eastern seat on Friday.
- by Clay Lucas
November 10
‘Going backwards’: What it’s like on the hard side of Hawthorn
It might be one of the nation’s wealthiest electorates, but one in three residents is a renter and some are doing it tough.
- by Clay Lucas
November 7
The Camberwell bridge that cyclists want, and critics warn could cost $30 million
Hawthorn has some of Melbourne’s best transport infrastructure, but a local cycling group says the seat needs some crucial upgrades, including a bridge to cross a major road.
- by Clay Lucas
November 3
‘Hawthorn’s climate has changed’: Candidates make climate policy pitches at town hall forum
The candidates in the state seat of Hawthorn on Wednesday night made their pitches to hundreds of voters on what they would do to tackle climate change if elected.
- by Clay Lucas
November 2
Hawthorn Greens candidate hopes political cycle will suit him
In May’s federal poll for this area, the Greens’ vote fell by 15 percentage points. The party’s 25-year-old candidate hopes he can avoid a similar fate.
- by Clay Lucas
October 31
Hawthorn MP gets vehicle allowance despite no car or driver’s licence
Public transport enthusiast and Labor MP John Kennedy gets a $20,000-a-year motor vehicle allowance he is entitled to from the Victorian parliament, despite not owning a car and never having had a driver’s licence.
- by Clay Lucas
October 29
Will Hawthorn go back to blue, remain red or could teal lightning strike again?
Labor enjoyed a shock win in Hawthorn at the 2018 election for the first time in 63 years. But now a “teal” candidate wants to take the seat.
- by Clay Lucas
The three seats that will open a window on the state election
This election campaign we’re zeroing in on three very different seats to better understand what’s happening on the ground.
- by Michael Bachelard
September 1
Teals announce Melissa Lowe as candidate for Hawthorn
New teal candidate Melissa Lowe hopes it is her turn to pull off another surprise win in Melbourne’s inner-east state seat of Hawthorn.
- by Clay Lucas and Paul Sakkal
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