US EditionGreens leader insists he can still win his Melbourne seat
- Greens leader Adam Bandt is fighting to retain his Melbourne seat following a close and incomplete vote count as of Tuesday afternoon, 2025-05-06.
- This challenge results from a 9.4% swing to Labor, influenced by factors including electoral boundary redistribution and public concerns about housing, healthcare, and culture-war politics.
- Bandt has defended the Greens' focus on climate change and the Israel-Gaza conflict despite Labor criticism that the party overemphasized Middle East issues and lost voter support.
- Preliminary two-candidate preferred results show Labor’s Sarah Witty leading 54% to Bandt’s 46%, with Bandt’s primary vote down 4.4% and Labor’s up 5.8%, reflecting a tighter race than in 2022.
- If Bandt loses, it would mark a significant setback for the Greens, possibly leaving Elizabeth Watson-Brown as their sole lower house MP, while the party is expected to keep strong Senate influence.
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Faruqi Remains Hopeful Greens Can Hold Melbourne, Rejects Leadership Talk
With Adam Bandt trailing Labor’s Sarah Witty by over 4,000 votes for his once-safe seat of Melbourne, Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi has rejected any suggestions of her stepping up to the leadership. “Adam is still our leader. And can I say Adam is a fantastic leader, and we worked really well as a team, as leader and deputy leader, and I am hoping that he gets back in and we can continue on with that leadership team,” she told ABC Radio Na…
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With Greens leader Adam Bandt projected to lose his seat in a lower-house wipeout, the minor party is...
Greens leaderless as Adam Bandt projected to lose in Melbourne
Greens leader Adam Bandt has little in common with defeated Liberal leader Peter Dutton, but the pair now share the misfortune of being party leaders who lost their own seats in an election that saw Labor romp home.
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