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It looks like the end of an era for the Australian Greens, after their high-tide of 2022.
Over the weekend, the party suffered a shock loss of three lower house seats to Labor over the weekend.
Of all the upsets and surprises of the 2025 Federal Election, very few polls or pundits expected the Greens to go down.
However, one thing that is very much predictable, is the fact that both the two major parties are taking the wrong lessons from this result.
In the days since the Federal Election both Prime Minister Albanese and the deposed former Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton have made remarks that insinuate that the Greens have lost voters due to their conduct over the last term of Parliament.
This is not necessarily the case. The data shows that the Greens primary vote remained the same.
The only difference to 2022 was the fact that Peter Dutton was so unlikable that vast numbers of inner-city Liberal voters jumped ship to Labor to push them ahead of the Greens in what used to be a three-horse race.
This was supposed to a pivotal election for the minor party, where they had hoped to grow into a major third force.
But last Saturday, the Greens lost their Melbourne stronghold as well as the two of the Queensland electorates – while failing to make anymore gains across the map.
While heartbreaking, these losses also somewhat soothe the unidentifiable middle class rage that exists inside Greens supporters.
“Like, it was sad to lose these seats, but like, I spose it’s good that there’s two less straight white men in Parliament” says one West End-based Greens voter, Bean Sack (22).
“I mean, one of those guys in Queensland was gay… So that’s kind of sad I guess”
Another Greens voter from Byron, Button Breathe (40) shares this sentiment.
“It’s kind of weird. Part of me feels like I should celebrate. I may support the Greens, but I take issue with straight white men finding any form of employment at all”
The biggest shock was the defeat of Greens leader, Adam Bandt, who had held the seat of Melbourne since 2010. He led the Greens to their king tide at the 2022 election, where they picked up three seats in Brisbane while also winning six Senate seats.
The Greens firebrand housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather also went down in the seat of Griffith. Despite what the Nine Newspapers are saying, it is very unlikely that associating himself with the CFMEU lost him any votes in South Brisbane.
