Australia's centre-left Labor party won Saturday's federal election by a landslide, decimating the conservative Liberal-National Coalition while also gutting the left-leaning Greens. While the Greens got the highest vote in Melbourne, Bandt said the main reason for their loss was the preference votes for Liberal and the far-right One Nation party.

Adam Bandt has conceded defeat in the seat of Melbourne after his seat was called for Labor’s Sarah Witty, opening up a vacancy for the leadership of the Greens.