The Success of Local Independents – Kooyong

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://antonygreen.com.au/the-success-of-local-independents-kooyong/

#Auspol
we already know #MoniqueRyan managed to keep #kooyong, but i enjoyed s article so much i thought sharing it here would be an excuse to read it several times:… (the sense of entitlement to an electorate is not confined to one party, but it really really really bugs me.)

<<Hamer was in some ways an ideal Liberal candidate: the great-niece of a well-respected long-term Victorian premier, young, Oxford-educated, and a protégé of Senator Jane Hume. She’d lived for some years in the United Kingdom and the United States, however, and possibly lacked established roots in the community other than through her family connections. She made the error of misrepresenting herself to the electorate as a Millennial renter sharing the struggles of aspirational home ownership and paying the bills, when she was in fact the owner of two properties and beneficiary of a large family trust. Given the subsequent closeness of this contest, this misstep may have cost her dearly.>>

another little comment provided another smile:

<<My group of more than 2000 volunteers has strong community roots. Everyone knows everyone in Kooyong. It became clear to us that some of these new Liberal representatives were drawn from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, a religious group that discourages its members from voting. The female Brethren wore black tennis skirts and black leggings, while the men tended to chinos and R. M. Williams boots. They worked hard, with long shifts on pre-poll and at polling booths, and the somewhat unsettling encouragement to voters to “Make Australia Happy Again”. They appeared to know little about policy, or the electorate, but they were plentiful and enthusiastic, certainly in comparison with the older Liberal Party members.
Nine newspapers reported this week that the federal Liberal Party now faces criticism for providing the Plymouth Brethren with confidential voter information.>>

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20750/258rIcHB

#AusPol
Saw #Hamer lost in #Kooyong.

Got to wondering about #DickHamer / #RupertHamer, long time #PremierOfVictoria.

And found his name in an index of a book on an interesting website. (see below)

There may be some link between that website and #RaymondHoser.

Anyone here got background?

https://www.smuggled.com/aac1.htm

Oz media and the LNP are claiming Teal Monique Ryan (#Kooyong) & Labor’s Clare O’Neil have election volunteers with links to the Chinese Communist Party.

⬇️ LNP candidate for #Bennelong Scott Yung under fire over links with the CCP.

#China #AusVotes2025 #auspol

#auspol #kooyong

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/kooyong-monique-ryan-amelia-hamer-sign-injunction/105233842

When will Peter #Dutton and #LNP condemn this kind of aggressive behaviour of these men?

#Kooyong
#Election2025

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2025/apr/24/woman-punches-rightwing-gatecrasher-at-kooyong-candidates-forum-video

#Auspol #PunchingNazis #Kooyong #MoniqueRyan

i guess monique had to play mum in that situation, though a little more outrage would have been acceptable to me

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 that woman who smacked the nazi
and f*** the nazi. there are situations where polite calm is not required.

here is a clip from The Good Fight, not because the nazi-punching message needs amplifying, but because the whole episode is brilliant.
(If you have paramount/ stan it’s season 3 episode 5. the Blum character is a haemorrhoid, but the rest of it sparks joy)

https://youtu.be/hQzPa1V8_EA?feature=shared