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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

High-profile Liberal candidate who pitched herself as a renter admits she owns two properties

Liberal Candidate for Kooyong Amelia Hamer speaks to media during a press conference during a visit to the suburb of Malvern in Melbourne, Monday, January 13, 2025.
Liberal candidate for Kooyong, Amelia Hamer (centre), owns two properties and has opposed the Victorian government’s plan to build apartments in her own suburb of Hawthorn. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

A high-profile Liberal candidate who has described herself as a renter and has voiced opposition to the construction of new apartments in Melbourne, claiming that people want houses instead, has confirmed she owns two apartments in other cities.

Liberal party candidate Amelia Hamer, the grand-niece of former Victorian premier Rupert Hamer, has repeatedly pitched herself as a renter to appeal to frustrated young voters in the seat of Kooyong in Melbourne’s inner east.

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