Battle for Kooyong
He detests the party, but Holmes à Court has donated to help rescue a Liberal MP
Former state Liberal leader John Pesutto is rattling his tin loudly, and there are some interesting people answering the call.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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‘Gotta bury the body’: Surgeon quits Epworth after Kooyong corflute fiasco
Neurosurgeon Greg Malham has left his job in the aftermath of a video showing him tearing down and stomping on one of Monique Ryan’s campaign corflutes.
- Hannah Hammoud and Grant McArthur
Melbourne Airport mystery: The case of Tony Abbott’s missing spectacles
The former prime minister’s glasses went in one end of a security machine but seemingly did not come out the other.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Far-right agitators turn up to pre-poll voting booth in Brighton; Safi’s NDIS business faces watchdog probe: Victoria’s hot seats week 5 as it happened
The three men set up loudspeakers directly across from the polling station at St Stephen’s Church.
- Cara Waters, Clay Lucas, Charlotte Grieve and Rachael Dexter
- Analysis
- Investigations
‘What’s going on?’: Why the Exclusive Brethren are out in force this election
This is not the first time the secretive sect has involved itself in a federal contest, but that also carries political risks.
- Michael Bachelard
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Dutton campaign not going as party wanted, but miracles can happen: Frydenberg
Frydenberg this week left the door open to a political comeback as MPs ponder life after Peter Dutton if the opposition leader failed badly on Saturday.
- Paul Sakkal
Party atmosphere without the party machine: The army behind the teals
This election, the teals are highly organised, looking to cement their position by winning a further term while holding true to their promise of a “new way” of doing politics.
- Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video
The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.
- Paul Sakkal
Liberal MP jokes that Advance Australia Fair is the ‘best Welcome to Country’
Sure, politicians are debating the custom and its place, but most have the good sense not to be glib about it.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Exclusive Brethren don’t vote but are secretly campaigning for the Coalition
Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church believe the world defiles them and don’t vote. The sect is sending hundreds of people to campaign for conservative candidates.
- Michael Bachelard, Kieran Rooney and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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