The Greens bet on Gaza and may have lost the House
- Greens leader Adam Bandt lost his Melbourne seat to Labor candidate Sarah Witty in the 2025 federal election.
- Bandt's defeat followed internal Greens issues including group-think, intolerance of free speech, and a strong focus on the Gaza conflict.
- The Greens' campaign highlighted the Gaza war and antisemitism, which critics say alienated voters and led to losing three of four Lower House seats.
- Bandt faced an 8 percent swing against him and required 63 percent of remaining postal votes to hold Melbourne, but projections indicated likely loss.
- The results suggest Australian voters rejected the Greens' conflict-focused politics, though the party may keep balance of power in the Senate.
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Adam Bandt has lost his seat. What happened to the Greens in Victoria?
On election night, the Greens were celebrating a "record-high" vote, but now leader Adam Bandt has lost his seat. Some Victorian Greens voters have told the ABC they split over the party's new direction on social issues and staunch position on the Israel-Gaza war.
Best of 2024: What’s going on with the Greens? - Inside Politics
We’re bringing you the best episodes of 2024, before we return in early February for the election year. Last year was a big one for the Greens, often called the third party of Australian politics. They took what was seen as a hardline stance backing Palestinians in the war with Israel, owned the issue of affordable housing, and controversially came to the defence of the CFMEU in the wake of revelations the union had been infiltrated by criminals…
‘Extreme, divisive politics’: Greens’ near-total wipe-out
Greens leader Adam Bandt has lost his seat of Melbourne on top of presiding over the near-total wipe-out of his colleagues in the lower house in what Jewish groups have described as a thorough “repudiation” of the minor party.
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