The bursting of the Green bubble

Wednesday 7 May 2025

The Greens’ dream of becoming the ‘third force’ in Australian politics has been eviscerated following Saturday’s federal election.

The Greens’ primary vote fell and they lost the lower house seats of Griffith and Brisbane, with vocal housing whinger Max Chandler-Mather booted.

As of Wednesday morning, Greens Leader Adam Bandt was trailing Labor’s Sarah Witty 47.3% to 52.7% and looks set to lose his seat:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.