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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It might be one of the nation’s wealthiest electorates,but one in three residents is a renter and some are doing it tough.
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.
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.
In May’s federal poll for this area,the Greens’ vote fell by 15 percentage points. The party’s young cycle-riding candidate hopes he can avoid a similar fate.
Labor MP John Kennedy claims a $20,000-a-year motor vehicle allowance from the Victorian parliament,despite not owning a car or ever having had a driver’s licence.
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.