Independent Zoe Daniel wins court battle over election campaign signs

Independent candidate for Goldstein Zoe Daniel has won a court challenge against a Victorian council ruling that her signs couldn’t be displayed before the federal election was called. Photograph: Zoe Daniel

Independent candidate Zoe Daniel has won the Goldstein sign stoush, with the Victorian supreme court ruling her supporters have not displayed her signs prematurely.

On Wednesday Justice John Dixon declared that displaying the signs for a period of less than three months does not contravene Bayside City Council rules despite the fact the election has not been called.