<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Liberal Party's candidate in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong has called out sitting teal MP Monique Ryan in a new attack over campaign signage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is now a new board placed next to Amelia Hamer signs asking Ryan supporters to leave signs alone.</span><em><span>Australian Financial Review</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes after Ryan's husband Peter Jordan was filmed ripping a Liberal sign off a fence last week.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-key-seats-independents-teal-candidates/cf0980b3-7793-4edf-bf05-92ddc7efc990" rel="" target="_blank" title="How the teal and other independents could shape the federal election"><strong><span>How the teal and other independents could shape the federal election</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Monique, please DO NOT take this sign!" the campaign sign reads.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 200 of these signs have been distributed as part of Hamer's campaign.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ryan, who in the last federal election campaigned for improved integrity in politics, has since apologised for her husband's actions.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-row-over-kooyong-election-signage/44754a9c-5c70-4dff-8b40-4a13ac6f38b3" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It should not have happened," the MP said in a statement. "All concerns around signage should be reported to council."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The episode is the latest in a tit-for-tat dispute over election campaign material.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last month Ryan posted photos on social media showing campaign signs where her teeth had been coloured with black marker with the caption, "reasons why we need to get dental in Medicare".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-tariffs-anthony-albanese-doesnt-rule-out-australia-world-trade-organisation-case/0d6754b8-dca2-492f-a477-2bf8fb2cab22" rel="" target="_blank" title="PM doesn't rule out taking US to World Trade Organisation over 'Liberation Day' tariffs"><strong><span>PM doesn't rule out taking US to World Trade Organisation over 'Liberation Day' tariffs</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2022, Ryan defeated former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg in Kooyong, traditionally a blue-chip Coalition seat.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But she is now facing a strong Liberal fightback, holding a slim 2.2 per cent margin in her favour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>