Battle for Kooyong
Monique Ryan reports ‘threatening, racist misogynistic’ letters to police
“It is extremely disappointing that people are being targeted for exercising their democratic rights. These cowardly anonymous threats are very distressing for the people who receive them,” Kooyong MP Monique Ryan said.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Jackson Graham
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Opinion
Influence campaigns
Secrets from the teals’ digital war room: we created a direct line to voters and now TV political ads are dead
The director of the communications agency responsible for the major teal independent campaigns reveals the revolutionary nature of the social media advertising strategy.
- by Ed Coper
Guide Dogs Victoria CEO resigns after Josh Frydenberg endorsement
Karen Hayes had already been stood down pending an investigation after she appeared on pamphlets endorsing former treasurer Josh Frydenberg that were distributed in his former inner-Melbourne seat of Kooyong.
- by Rachael Dexter
Inside story
Melbourne
How a political novice took down Australia’s treasurer
As late as budget week this year, Josh Frydenberg was taking visits from other Liberal MPs begging him to challenge Scott Morrison’s leadership. He refused, which might have cost him his seat.
- by Paul Sakkal
Josh Frydenberg concedes defeat in Kooyong
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg releases a video thanking the people of Kooyong for the "extraordinary honour" of representing them in federal parliament.
Independent Monique Ryan claims victory over Josh Frydenberg in Kooyong
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg concedes he has lost the race for Kooyong, a seat held by conservatives for 112 years, including Liberal Party luminaries Robert Menzies and Andrew Peacock.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Inside the teal wave: How the independent revolution happened
Organisation, money and a political position that the Liberal Party no longer occupies: This is the secret sauce that some think could change the face of Australian politics.
- by Royce Millar
Opinion
Australia votes
Frydenberg, vanquished, struggles to comprehend the depth of disaster
The outgoing treasurer appears baffled by the political disaster that has consigned him and his party to the wilderness.
- by Tony Wright
Teal victor Monique Ryan yet to hear from Labor or Frydenberg on historic win
Teal independent Monique Ryan – who looks set to be the next member for Kooyong – says she is yet to receive a call from the incoming Labor government or outgoing Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
- by Paul Sakkal
How your vote changed the face of Melbourne
Four Melbourne seats won by independent and Labor women contributed to the Coalition’s downfall, while another hangs in the balance.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Frydenberg all but concedes as numbers show victory for Ryan in Kooyong
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has lost the seat of Kooyong to teal independent Monique Ryan, but hinted broadly that he planned to return to politics some time in the future.
- by Tony Wright and Paul Sakkal