Josh Frydenberg and Amelia Hamer at Malvern prepoll this afternoon.

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates:Frydenberg condemns antisemitic stunt at appearance with Hamer;Neo-Nazis impersonating Liberal volunteers in antisemitic rant at polling booth

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

  • Cara Waters,Clay Lucas,Charlotte Grieve andRachael Dexter

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Monique Ryan’s campaign staff and volunteers prepare pre-poll and election-day material.

Party atmosphere without the party machine:The army behind the teals

This election,the teals are highly organised,looking to cement their position by winning a further term while holding true to their promise of a “new way” of doing politics.

  • Cara Waters andRachael Dexter
Monique Ryan volunteers.

Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video

The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Paul Sakkal
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church members at a polling booth in Reid.

Exclusive Brethren don’t vote but are secretly campaigning for the Coalition

Members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church believe the world defiles them and don’t vote. The sect is sending hundreds of people to campaign for conservative candidates.

  • Michael Bachelard,Kieran Rooney andSumeyya Ilanbey
Amelia Hamer

Victoria’s hot seats week four as it happened:Our on-camera chat with Amelia Hamer in Kooyong;A battle of Wills:NOBS group highlights what’s missing north of Bell Street

Follow our rolling in-depth coverage of key Victorian seats in this federal election campaign.

  • Rachael Dexter,Charlotte Grieve,Clay Lucas andCara Waters
The surgeon was seen ripping down and then stomping on the poster.

Surgeon under investigation over ‘chilling’ video of him tearing down teal’s corflute

Melbourne surgeon Greg Malham said he was “deeply sorry” and that there was no excuse for his actions,as an investigation is launched by the health regulator.

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The surgeon was seen ripping down and then stomping on the poster.

‘Chilling’ video shows surgeon stomping on Monique Ryan corflute

A Melbourne surgeon has admitted tearing down the election sign before tutoring men in how to “bury the body”,outraging anti-violence campaigners and politicians.

  • Grant McArthur
Campaign corflutes damaged in marginal electorate in the run up to this year’s federal election.

Torched,defaced,smeared:have Australia’s corflute wars gone too far?

Candidates in marginal electorates have reported a high number of incidents with campaign posters being torn down,or worse.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo,Penry Buckley andCindy Yin
Amelia Hamer,the 31-year-old Oxford-educated grandniece of former Victorian premier Sir Rupert “Dick” Hamer.

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.

  • Rachael Dexter
Monique Ryan’s husband Peter Jordan is seen in video footage removing a sign supporting her Liberal rival Amelia Hamer.

Monique Ryan,husband apologise after he is filmed removing Liberal sign

Videos have emerged showing other vandals slashing posters in the teal MP’s affluent electorate as part of an increasingly bitter campaign in which incidents have led to court appearances.

  • Olivia Ireland andRachael Dexter