Ellen Ransley

1 week ago | albanyadvertiser.com.au | Ellen Ransley

The Greens are leaderless after Adam Bandt conceded the seat of Melbourne, blaming an electoral redistribution, a fear of Peter Dutton, and Liberal and One Nation preferences for his defeat. Almost 24 hours after the ABC and Sky News had called the seat, Mr Bandt on Thursday afternoon called Labor’s Sarah Witty and confirmed his defeat. He said while the Greens had received the highest primary vote in Melbourne, the preference flows from the Liberal Party and One Nation were stacked against him.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

The Greens are leaderless after Adam Bandt conceded the seat of Melbourne, blaming an electoral redistribution, a fear of Peter Dutton, and Liberal and One Nation preferences for his defeat. Almost 24 hours after the ABC and Sky News had called the seat, Mr Bandt on Thursday afternoon called Labor’s Sarah Witty and confirmed his defeat. He said while the Greens had received the highest primary vote in Melbourne, the preference flows from the Liberal Party and One Nation were stacked against him.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

Peter Dutton plans to make a “graceful exit from politics”, saying he wishes to follow in the footsteps of former leaders who maintain a “graceful silence”. The ousted Opposition leader returned to Canberra on Wednesday to pack up his office and thank staff, after he became the chief Liberal casualty in Saturday’s election bloodbath.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley |Katina Curtis

The leader of the Greens has become the latest casualty of a shocking election result for the minor party that is set to retain just one seat in the lower house. Adam Bandt is refusing to concede that Labor has won back his seat of Melbourne — previously a heartland seat for the major party — despite falling further behind in the count.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

Liberal MPs are urging the Party not to reward the “architects” of their electoral wipeout, as the fallout and blame game continues after Saturday’s bruising defeat. The Coalition on Tuesday remained hopeful it could retain two inner-city seats and win back two more from teal MPs, as the party room weighs up who to instill as Peter Dutton’s successor following the Liberal Party’s worst election result in its history. Sussan Ley, Angus Taylor and Dan Tehan are the front runners.