Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates:Neo-Nazis imitate Liberal Party in antisemitic leaflet drop;Liberals’ signs seized as Kooyong corflute war heads to court

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates:Neo-Nazis imitate Liberal Party in antisemitic leaflet drop;Liberals’ signs seized as Kooyong corflute war heads to court

Pre-poll antics in Kooyong have just ratcheted up another notch,with the Liberal Party now threatening to take Boroondara council to court.

  • byCara Waters,Clay Lucas,Charlotte Grieve andRachael Dexter

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Albanese ‘happy’ to ban annoying texts,won’t commit to make it happen

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Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots has been sending large volumes of texts,but the mainstream parties also have a history of using unsolicited messages.

  • byOlivia Ireland andSarah McPhee
Federal election 2025 LIVE updates:Inflation figures higher than expected;more than four million Australians have voted

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates:Inflation figures higher than expected;more than four million Australians have voted

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final week of the election campaign.

  • bySarah McPhee,Olivia Ireland andJosefine Ganko
Inflation higher than expected but RBA rate cut still on cards

Inflation higher than expected but RBA rate cut still on cards

Australia’s inflation figures have come in a little higher than expected,potentially throwing a spanner into expectations of the Reserve Bank cutting interest rates next month.

  • byShane Wright andMillie Muroi
Council seizes Liberal A-frame signs in Kooyong
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Council seizes Liberal A-frame signs in Kooyong

Thumbing their nose at the council directive,Liberal party representatives set up 50 signs,which were then confiscated by council officials.

The prince,the pauper,perp and other Patriots in the Trumpet

The prince,the pauper,perp and other Patriots in the Trumpet

One candidate was allegedly discovered with duct tape and a cadaver bag in his car. Another is a prince.

  • byHarriet Alexander
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Trumpet of Patriots rush to preselection is proving a big risk

Trumpet of Patriots rush to preselection is proving a big risk

The Trumpet of Patriots choice of candidates in this federal election is leaving a lot to be desired.

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We don’t yet know who will win the election,but who won the campaign is clear

We don’t yet know who will win the election,but who won the campaign is clear

Voters thought Dutton and the Coalition were the best choice to lead the country as recently as February,but everything changed when the election was called.

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