The Victorian Electoral Commission said residents in Melbourne’s northern suburbs should not be forced back to the polls, despite arguing Milad El-Halabi was elected through voter fraud in 2020.
Lawyers for Milad El-Halabi and two of his family members accused of conspiring to rig an election result will question forensic experts after the trio’s DNA was allegedly found on ballot material.
Long-term activist Monica Harte will become the second socialist councillor on Moreland City Council after a March 21 count-back by the Victorian Electoral Commission. Jacob Andrewartha reports.