Blow by blow: the bitter battle for the seat of Kooyong
KEY MOMENTS OF THE KOOYONG CAMPAIGN:
* March 15: Teal independent Monique Ryan accused of shouting at young Liberal volunteers, who she claimed were physically aggressive towards her
* March 24: Dr Ryan's husband Peter Jordan apologises after being filmed removing a sign promoting Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer. Liberals capitalise with addition to corflutes that reads "Monique, please DO NOT take this sign"
* April 2: Ms Hamer pulls out of a candidates forum at short notice to participate in a mass phone call to Kooyong residents with shadow treasurer Angus Taylor
* April 7: Ms Hamer admits she owns apartments in London and Canberra after repeatedly pitching herself as a struggling renter, sparking "landlord of the year 2025" posters. She later tells reporters it's "hard to be a landlord in Victoria"
* April 17: Ms Hamer confirms she is among the listed beneficiaries of a $20 million trust fund and accuses Dr Ryan's volunteers of putting together a "dirt file" on her
* April 19: A surgeon apologises after a video shows him stomping on a corflute for Dr Ryan and telling viewers to "bury the body under concrete"
* April 24: A candidates forum at a local library, hosted by Friends of the ABC, is gatecrashed by three men from a "nationalist organisation for the preservation of Western culture and identity"
* April 28: Footage emerges of two people in campaign T-shirts for Dr Ryan saying the leader of the Hubei Association, accused of working with a department of the Chinese Communist Party's central committee, "required" them to vote for the teal MP. The electoral commission opens a review
* April 29: A "sign war" erupts outside a pre-poll site in Kew, with the Liberals ordered by the local council to follow a permit directive limiting candidates to one each
* April 30: Boroondara council officers seize dozens of the Liberal signs after the party threatens legal action
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