Melbourne seats still too close to call as Greens and Teals battle to stay in office

Final countdown: the 11 seats still too close to call

Independent candidate Jessie Price is still battling Labor member  David Smith in the vote count for Bean. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) By William Ton A prominent teal independent is among incumbents still waiting to learn if they will keep their seat in federal parliament. Monique Ryan’s anxious wait for a result in her leafy inner-east Melbourne electorate of Kooyong will continue into Thursday as she faces a challenge from Liberal candidate Amelia …

‘Awful, Miserable’ Workplace: Departing Greens MP Claims He’s Pleased to Leave Parliament

While Greens leader Adam Bandt’s seat of Melbourne is still too close to call, two of the party’s MPs already know they’re not returning to Parliament: Stephen Bates and housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather. But Chandler-Mather says he’s far from upset to be leaving Parliament, which he describes as a “sick place.” “I’ll be honest, one of the things I’m quite happy about at the moment is I don’t have to spend more time in the House of Repres…

Teals fade, Bandt clings on, with 23 seats still too close to call

Vote counting shows there are still some close races that threaten to take some of the gloss off Labor’s big win.

‘Could be f***ed’: Ugly twist in Bandt fight

The AEC has conceded it made the “wrong call” on the two-party preferred vote count in the battleground seat of Melbourne, causing mass confusion about the real state of play in Greens leader Adam Bandt’s seat.

Victorian seats hanging in the balance, with votes still being counted

With the vote count still rolling in, the political shake-up is on in Victoria with key seats today still up in the air.

Greens' Adam Bandt in danger as seat of Melbourne remains on knife's edge

The tense wait continues in a number of Victorian seats, including Melbourne and Goldstein, where counting is yet to see a clear path towards a winner.