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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Williams

The Greens’ identity crisis: where to now for a party built on protesting against the status quo?

Australian Greens Adam Bandt addresses the crowd at the 2025 federal election reception at Hightail Bar in Melbourne, Victoria, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AAP Image/Diego Fedele) NO ARCHIVING
Australian Greens Adam Bandt addresses the crowd at the 2025 federal election reception at Hightail Bar in Melbourne, Victoria, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AAP Image/Diego Fedele) NO ARCHIVING Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

The Liberals are not the only party left asking some difficult questions after last weekend’s federal election.

With the Greens set to lose their leader, Adam Bandt, in a shock defeat in Melbourne, having already lost three out of four of its House of Representatives seats, the party will need to do some serious soul-searching to determine not only what went wrong, but who they are and who they want to represent.

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