It was not only a bad night for the Liberals. The Greens have been unseated in two Brisbane electorates. While the Independents retailed and gained seats, the influence of the cross bench in the lower house is diminished with Labor’s increased majority.
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00:00Optimism from the outset, with high hopes of a green slide.
00:07But as the night dragged on, reality came sliding down.
00:13The party failed to expand its reach.
00:15There may well be a number of seats that are too close to call.
00:18Or even hold ground.
00:20There's no such thing as a safe seat anymore.
00:21You know, the 2022 election showed that.
00:23We feel like it's going to be really close.
00:24It's going to be really tight.
00:25Losses in two of three Queensland seats picked up at the last election.
00:29The inner city seats of Griffith and Brisbane.
00:32We may see the situation where some Labor MPs get elected on Liberal preferences.
00:37With the contest too close to call in Ryan.
00:40And in the leader's own electorate of Melbourne.
00:42In some of our seats, in Queensland of course,
00:45we're going to have to say goodbye to a couple of our colleagues
00:49because the Liberal vote was down so low.
00:52Adam Bandt was banking on a hung parliament to increase his party's influence.
00:57But in a game that's all about numbers, the Labor landslide and clear majority
01:02has hollowed out his heft in the House of Representatives.
01:06Having partly hung his campaign on Peter Dutton's leadership,
01:09now his own may be called into question.
01:12Adam has been an incredible leader for the Greens.
01:16Those celebrations for the Teals.
01:20I think we made the right choice.
01:22Good on you, McKellar.
01:23Cooyong's climate.
01:24I still change.
01:25Independence overall cementing their positions across Sydney,
01:31from Wentworth to McKellar in the eastern suburbs and Fowler further west.
01:36Monique Ryan has secured Cooyong and incumbent Helen Haynes retains Indy.
01:41Over in the west, Kate Cheney has held on to Curtin, while Andrew Wilkie returns.
01:46National turned independent Andrew Gee retained Calair.
01:50There are a number of seats still in doubt, including Bradfield, Bean and Goldstein.
01:55God bless you.
01:56Bob Catter easily returned.
01:59While the Nationals will likely hold on to all its seats,
02:02it may lose one in the Senate.
02:04The result is still sinking in for the party's leader.
02:07We should be proud about the way that we have run our campaign.
02:10The Nationals have run a flawless campaign.
02:14Counting their losses and taking the wins.