Greens Suffer Major Swings, LNP and Labor Back in the Contest for Inner-City Voters

The only two seats held by the Greens Party in the Queensland state Parliament remain at risk as the left-wing party suffered major swings against it from inner city voters. At the time of writing, the Greens have not officially secured either seat, and are forecast to lose South Brisbane with a 12.4 percent swing to Labor. Labor was assisted by preference flows from the Liberal National Party (LNP). In the affluent leafy electorate of Maiwar, which the Greens have held since 2017, the minor party is slightly ahead amid counting, but the LNP has achieved a 5.2 percent swing of support. LNP candidate Natasha Winters has secured 48.9 percent of the vote as of 10 a.m. on Oct. 27....