Amelia Hamer, who is running in the Victorian seat of Kooyong, has also opposed construction of new apartments in Melbourne
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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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