A showdown meeting recommends West Australian Liberal state director Stuart Smith become the Victorian Liberal Party’s next state director after a drawn-out selection process.
Members of the former minor political party will have the opportunity to quiz the leadership on its spending,which was sourced from a billionaire’s subscription fee and community fundraisers featuring former AFL stars.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found the current Merri-bek councillors were properly elected.
“We didn’t get enough votes,and that’s what it’s about,the tribe has spoken,and you have to accept that,” he said,announcing the end of Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party on Thursday.
A company owned by billionaire Jonathan Munz that was linked to a scandal involving Matthew Guy’s chief of staff made a payment to the short-lived Victorians Party within the law.
The Age has analysed hundreds of pages of disclosures to calculate how many properties each local MP owns – including commercial premises and vacant blocks.
The Victorian Electoral Commission said residents in Melbourne’s northern suburbs should not be forced back to the polls,despite arguing Milad El-Halabi was elected through voter fraud in 2020.
Victoria is the last jurisdiction in the country with a system that allows micro-parties to harvest preferences to elect MPs who have,at times,polled less than 1 per cent.
Moira Deeming used her first speech to parliament to slam left-wing school curriculums,decry the decriminalisation of sex work and take aim at the state government’s approach to gender-diverse young people.
Labor’s primary vote has increased by 4 percentage points to 41,up from 37 per cent at the state election just three months ago.
Warwick Gately says a “winner takes all” attitude towards election campaigns in Victoria could be turning people off voting.