GREENS BINNED: Punished at polls for pushing pro-Hamas politics

Adam Bandt’s hard-left Gaza obsession has backfired — and now even his own seat is toast.

Avi Yemini
  |   May 06, 2025   |   News Analysis   |   1 Comment

Let’s not sugar-coat this: the Greens tried to run a pro-Hamas agenda and the Australian public just gave them the hiding they deserved. Voters weren’t fooled, and Adam Bandt has now officially LOST his own seat in Melbourne.

For years, Bandt’s Greens have postured as moral crusaders. But this election has exposed their true colours — and Australians didn’t like what they saw. The numbers don’t lie. The Greens copped a swing against them in every one of their lower house seats. Griffith and Brisbane are already gone, and Ryan looks like it’s next. Melbourne, once the pride of the Greens, is now gone.

Sky News have now officially called the result for Labor candidate Sarah Witty, ending a 14-year run for Bandt as the Greens crashed out hard.

Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May even tried to play it down, telling the ABC: “We did expect that we would see some shifts, given the redistribution that happened. But we’re not concerned about Melbourne.”

Really? Not concerned? Witty had at that point taken a clear lead, with 54 per cent of the vote after preferences. Bandt suffered a 4.17 per cent swing against him. That’s not a little shift — that’s a warning shot.

Even the pollsters are spelling it out. Kos Samaras from Redbridge Group said, “They were seen by Green voters as in the business of tearing down Labor governments. People felt they were aiding and abetting Mr Dutton.”

He added, “Research suggested Australians saw the Greens as contributing to ‘trauma’ in the community over the Gaza-Israel war.” Spot on. Bandt’s relentless grandstanding over Gaza — while Australians faced real issues at home — turned people off in droves.

Samaras admitted the Greens could recover in some places, thanks to Gen Z support in the inner cities, but made the big call: “I think they can bounce back in some locations, but their dream to replace Labor is dead.”

It’s a dream that died the moment the Greens decided their priority was championing Hamas instead of helping Australians. Voters noticed — and acted.

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Avi Yemini is the Australia Bureau Chief for Rebel News. He's a former Israeli Defence Force marksman turned citizen journalist. Avi's most known for getting amongst the action and asking the tough questions in a way that brings a smile to your face.

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  • Costas Kitis
    commented 2025-05-07 04:17:48 -0400
    In being satisfied because the leader of the Greens has lost his seat, you are not taking into account his contribution legalising vapes in Australia which are now sold in pharmacies without a prescription, and you are also not taking into account his and his party’s support for cannabis legalisation or decriminalisation, which is vital in Australia for smoking to remain legitimate and legal in the widest possible range, and reinforces this important cause existing in Australia. Maybe you should look at all aspects of the same fact to determine your opinion about it in terms of your interests.