Election 2025:Victorian hot seats
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Election 2025:Victorian hot seats

In this series of weekly live blogs,we take an in-depth look at the election campaign and the issues that matter to voters in the key Victorian electorates of Goldstein,Wills,Kooyong and Bruce.

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Adam Bandt on the decks at Revs.

Victoria’s hot seats week three as it happened:Adam Bandt DJs like nobody is watching (but everyone is);How much will Gaza conflict matter in Wills?

In a crisp white tee,Adam Bandt dropped the beat,not the policy,at Revolver. No talk of rent or climate fears,just bass and synths and dance floor cheers.

  • byCharlotte Grieve,Rachael Dexter,Clay Lucas andCara Waters
Greens launch music policy.

Victoria’s hot seats week two as it happened:Air guitar-playing Greens promise tax breaks for live-music venues

What better place to launch a live-music policy than a pub beer garden?

  • byCara Waters,Rachael Dexter,Tom Cowie,Charlotte Grieve,Brittany Busch andTony Wright
Liberal Zahid Safi,a street scene in Noble Park and Labor incumbent Julian Hill.

Victoria’s hot seats week one as it happened:Bruce is anything but a typical Liberal-Labor contest

Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates,hot-button issues,and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.

  • byClay Lucas,Cara Waters,Rachael Dexter andCharlotte Grieve
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Amelia Hamer,the 31-year-old Oxford-educated grandniece of former Victorian premier Sir Rupert “Dick” Hamer.
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Amelia Hamer pitched herself as a renter. She owns two investment properties

The Oxford-educated grandniece of former Victorian premier Rupert Hamer describes herself as a renter and someone who empathises with tenants’ struggles.

  • byRachael Dexter
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.

  • bySophie Aubrey,Adam Carey,Rachael Dexter,Cara Waters,Lachlan Abbott,Benjamin Preiss,Clay Lucas andTom Cowie