Greensland: the rise of the Greens at election 2022

Everyone’s talking about the Labor Party’s big win in last weekend’s election. But the Greens too, have had an incredibly successful campaign, looking to pick up at least three seats in the House of Reps and a swag of seats in the Senate.

Greens leader – and member for Melbourne – Adam Bandt joins us to explain why voters turned away from the big parties to cast their votes with the Greens….particularly in Queensland.

On today’s Briefing, how did the Sunshine State end up being ‘Greensland’?

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