Are the Greens headed the way of the Democrats?

Monday 19 March 2018

Saturday’s elections were disastrous for The Greens.

After heading into Melbourne’s Batman by-election with a 6-point lead over Labor, preliminary results have Labor winning the seat with a 55% to 45% two-party preferred lead:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.