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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at a press conference on Sunday after big swings away from Labor at the Werribee byelection.

Werribee voters face long wait for byelection result in cliffhanger count

The count in a seat the Liberal Party has not held for 46 years has upended the established order of Victorian politics and delivered a potent message to the Allan government.

  • Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie

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Rachel Westaway in Prahran on Sunday,

Liberals claim victory in Prahran as Greens concede defeat

The Greens blamed preference deals and low voter turnout for their failure to hold the inner-Melbourne seat.

  • Rachel Eddie
Voters at the Chapel Street, Windsor polling booth

Crime worries voters in Prahran as volunteers squabble

Many in the small electorate are concerned about community safety, and even on the voting booths tensions were high.

  • Nicole Precel
An Advance billboard campaigning against the Greens in the federal Melbourne seat of Macnamara.

Electoral commission sought court injunction against right-wing lobby group

Advance has been bankrolling an anti-Greens campaign in the Prahran byelection, but was taken to the Supreme Court after placing signs against the rules.

  • Rachel Eddie
The Victorian Electoral Commission.

Right-wing lobby group in donations probe over anti-Greens push in Prahran

The election watchdog is investigating a complaint that Advance hasn’t declared any donations despite bankrolling advertisements against the Greens ahead of Saturday’s byelection.

  • Rachel Eddie
The main salon at Gigi.

Gigi

A slinky spin-off bar to big sister Entrecôte.

  • Sidney Venus
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Former Labor member for Prahran Tony Lupton, running as an independent in the February 8 byelection.

Ex-Labor MP targets Greens in Prahran, boosting Liberal hopeful’s bid

Tony Lupton tore up his ALP membership when the party declined to run a candidate in Prahran. Labor insiders worry his campaign against the Greens could hand the Liberals the seat.

  • Rachel Eddie
Brad Battin

Liberals jockey for senior positions in new-look shadow cabinet

Victoria’s new opposition leader says Labor’s insults and failure to contest a key byelection show the party is terrified of a voter backlash.

  • Broede Carmody and Carla Jaeger
Greens candidate Angelica Di Camillo.

Greens choose environmental engineer for Prahran byelection showdown

Angelica Di Camillo was originally picked to run in the now-abolished federal seat of Higgins. She will now run for the state seat following the resignation of Greens MP Sam Hibbins.

  • Kieran Rooney and Annika Smethurst
The chic French interiors at Entrecote.

Entrecote

Paris-via-Prahran fantasyland.

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