Greens' Stephen Bates wins the seat of Brisbane in the federal election

The Greens candidate for Brisbane Stephen Bates. (ABC News: Alice Pavlovic)

The Greens have won the seat of Brisbane, with incoming MP Stephen Bates saying the party has a mandate to go further on climate change.

Mr Bates will become the fourth Greens MP in the 47^th parliament, after the party also won the seats of Griffith and Ryan, and retained the seat of Melbourne.