The Greens party

Seats of Griffith, Ryan, even Brisbane possibly toppling to the Greens will make Queensland the political heartland of the party.

Stephen Bates is also polling well in Brisbane where incumbent Trevor Evens has conceded. This has translated to Griffith and Ryan being likely pickups, while Brisbane is also in sight. On Saturday night, with 48.3% of the vote counted, the Greens had received 13.2% of the vote with a 2.9% swing towards them.

Greens candidate Elizabeth Watson-Brown defeats Liberal MP Julian Simmonds in the seat of Ryan, with the party ahead in Griffith and polling strongly in ...

"We built a broad coalition for that policy and we would have liked to have picked up more climate-conscious voters in the city, so we'll have to work out why that hasn't been the case." He said the Greens had work to do "to ensure that we come to an understanding that means we can deliver stable, effective and progressive government in this country with a new prime minister". Mr Chandler-Mather said the Greens' result in Brisbane was a "beacon of hope" for Australians "that you do not have to settle for the political status quo". The LNP won 23 seats out of 30 in the state in 2019, and while there has been a swing towards Labor in most seats, it was not enough for the party under Anthony Albanese to make up any ground. The Greens' Max Chandler-Mather is ahead in Griffith and Stephen Bates is also in front in the seat of Brisbane. The Greens have won the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Ryan on the back of a massive swing to the party in inner-Brisbane, which has put them in a strong position to claim two more.

It's projected over one-third of voters chose not to vote for the major parties.

This was also the findings of the ABC’s Vote Compass. But the dominance of the major parties may be over. Despite the leaders talking predominantly about the short-term cost of living, perhaps it seems voters want urgent leadership on long-term climate adaptation in a government with integrity safeguards. The ALP might take government with only around a third of the vote, so the “third force” of politics in Australia must be taken seriously from now on. The major parties look like only gaining two-thirds of the overall vote. This time, it’s predicted over 33% of the electorate voted for minority parties or independents.

Greens leader Adam Bandt is upbeat about the party's prospects of adding to its numbers in both the Senate and the lower house.

We had more young people than I’ve ever had the privilege to campaign with, turning up at the campaign office every night.” She said there “was a real disillusionment with both major parties”. He was pleased with the number of independents set to be elected in the lower house. In Ryan, held by Liberal first-term MP Julian Simmons, the Greens are coming second on first-preference votes and Labor third. “There was no optimism or vision for the country presented. The Greens are predicting a “greenslide” in the lower house and holding the balance of power in the Senate in their own right after swings towards them across the country.