As it happened: Victorian election campaign enters final week as Daniel Andrews, Matthew Guy visit seats across the state

“I was completely surprised because there was no consultation with residential groups,” Camillo said.

Camillo, who has lived on the eastern side of the Hoddle Grid for about two decades, said he could regularly hear electronic music in his bedroom from a nearby nightclub which is open until 3am. More of that, he said, would be a disaster.

“Music is good when you want to hear it. But when you’re forced to, it can be a form of torture,” he said.

He called for better urban planning to ensure noise was kept inside venues in densely populated areas.

“No one is against live music or wants to shut nightclubs and bars, we just want balance,” he said. “We need residents and businesses to cohabit here.”

Dean Hurlston, president of Stonnington Residents and Ratepayers, said ditching the freeze could significantly impact safety and noise around the Chapel Street precinct (where there are many bars as well as apartment buildings).

“Councillors do an extraordinary amount of work to get the balance right and to have it open slather would be irresponsible and reckless,” he said.

Hurlston added that there was a big difference between venues closing at 1am versus 3am.

“Residents need to be able to sleep and have quiet time.”

Hawthorn independent Melissa Lowe’s campaign manager, Brent Hodgson, said there had been similar attacks made on teal candidates during May’s federal election.

“If Dan Andrews is re-elected, it’ll be because of 88 Liberals who failed to connect with their electorates – not because of one independent who did,” Hodgson said.

The new material from the Liberal Party follows an attack flyer put into letterboxes by supporters of Lowe over the Liberal Party’s position on logging of Victorian forests.

The flyer says the Liberal Party and Mathew Guy “support the indefinite logging of native forests”, and that a vote for the Liberal Party is “a vote to continue destroying Victoria’s environment”.

There would be $5 million worth of scholarships of up to $10,000 to help hospitality workers upskill and create more dining experiences, as well as $5 million to manage pests and weeds and $3 million to support farmers’ safety and wellbeing.

The wellbeing package would include $900,000 to back the National Centre for Farmer Health, which provides support to farmers and their families, including blood pressure checks, diabetes management and mental wellbeing.

Andrews said he couldn’t put a number on the amount of jobs the promise would create, but said Brown Brothers is a significant employer in the community, with 350 staff, and said those jobs were no more or less important than a local family who wanted to start making gin.

“Whether it is grants to support the expansion of business, grants to support the formation of new businesses, as well as dealing with some of those workforce pressures, that’s exactly what the industry has been calling out for, and it’s what we’re offering.”

Tourism, Sport and Major Events Minister Steve Dimopoulos said Victoria is home to some of the best local producers in the country.

“We’ll back them to take the next step, boosting tourism experiences and showcasing regional Victoria to the world,” he said.

As Rachel Eddie has reported, the 47-year-old was due to face the County Court next Wednesday for a directions hearing on three charges of sexual assault and one count of rape. His death is not being treated as suspicious.

Nationals leader Peter Walsh had this to say:

[Gilchrist’s widow] rang me to inform me that Shaun had passed away overnight. She asked me to respect the family’s privacy. They have two young children. He has children by another relationship that live in New Zealand. And she specifically asked me to respect their privacy through this time. I’m going to do that. And as time goes on, she will make funeral arrangements and I’ll be attending that funeral.

I’m not going to get into a commentary about the issues because I have been specifically asked by his widow to respect their privacy, and I will do that.

Asked whether he was aware of the allegations Gilchrist had been facing, Walsh said: “I’m not aware of any of that.”

The Nationals leader added that the Victorian Electoral Commission will be holding a briefing at 3.30pm for the candidates in the seat of Narracan, in eastern Victoria, to inform them of what happens next.

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