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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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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
Teal MPs Zoe Daniel and Kate Chaney are furious with how Labor minister Don Farrell (bottom left) pushed the donations overhaul through parliament.

‘They knifed us’: The spat that could come back to haunt Albanese

Minister Don Farrell’s office has accused the teals of berating government staff over donation reform. Teal MP Kate Chaney says the accusation smacks of sexism.

  • Paul Sakkal
Tim Wilson supporters gather last week at Mr Brightside cafe in South Caulfield, with one sporting a purported MAGA cap.

The truth behind Tim Wilson’s MAGA wardrobe malfunction

To complicate matters, there is a line of merchandise proving popular online which could be called “Aussie MAGA – Make Albo Go Away”.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Calum Jaspan
Tim Wilson supporters gather last week at Mr Brightside cafe in South Caulfield, with one sporting a purported MAGA cap.

Tim Wilson team’s MAGA wardrobe malfunction?

Things are hotting up in Goldstein, the federal electorate that Modern Liberal Tim Wilson is hoping to wrest back from teal Zoe Daniel, with a photo of what some are taking to be an incriminating piece of political millinery doing the rounds.

  • Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
Andrew Wilkie says crossbench MPs, like fellow independent Zoe Daniel, shouldn’t make deals with the major parties in the case of a hung parliament.

‘Do not do deals’: Veteran MP warns against pacts with Albanese, Dutton

The key crossbencher who helped decide government in the hung parliament of 2010 says he has learnt not to do formal deals.

  • David Crowe
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New candidate Ben Smith with his family.

Father of the year joins teals as independents target 30 seats

Ben Smith will aim to become the first male teal MP at the next federal election, as Climate-200 backed independents seek to claw more power from the major parties.

  • Paul Sakkal
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court.

Simon Holmes à Court: Dutton has ‘localised Trumpian tactics to Australian tastebuds’

The man most associated with teal candidates says he doesn’t know what the definition of a “teal” is.

  • Peter FitzSimons
A corflute for independent Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel and Tim Wilson

Too soon! Tim Wilson and Zoe Daniel reignite election corflute wars

Rival corflutes on the streets of Bayside created high drama last election. Now the rivals are getting in early.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Independent MPs Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, Sophie Scamps, Zoe Daniel and Monique Ryan all back tax reform, including changes to negative gearing.

Teals back tax reform despite backlash risk on negative gearing

The “teal” independents and other crossbench MPs have called for negative gearing to be on the agenda in a total rethink of tax and housing policy.

  • David Crowe

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