Saturday 21 May 2022 01:46 PM Australia election results 2022: Greens appear big winners early by snatching ... trends now
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Aside from Anthony Albanese's Labor and the 'teal' independents, the Greens have proven to be the other big winners of tonight's election - snatching votes from both major parties to cause upsets across the board.
The party has seized the seats of Griffith and Ryan, both in Brisbane, with candidates Max Chandler-Mather and Elizabeth Watson-Brown seizing seats from the Labor and the Liberal National party respectively.
Greens leader Adam Bandt will also retain his seat of Melbourne as his party gears up for its best result in recent memory.
Mr Bandt previously declared he would 'kick the Liberals out' if given the chance - and has three critical requests of Labor in the event of a hung parliament, which is looking increasingly unlikely.
'If we do find ourselves in that minority parliament, our approach will be to ensure we have stable and effective and progressive government,' Mr Bandt said.
'And we said during the campaign we want to see action on climate, we want to see action on inequality.'
The Greens have proven to be huge winners so far in tonight's election - snatching votes from both major parties to cause upsets across the board
Prior to this election, the Greens held one seat in the lower house. They have targeted Queensland and NSW as well as Senate spots in South Australia throughout this election campaign.
Twitter has been alight with commentary from all sides of politics as the Greens vote soars.
'Dangerous night to be a
