Australian Greens hail ‘best result ever’ with dramatic gains in lower house and Senate

Leader Adam Bandt celebrates massive mandate' and says Greens are willing to talk to Anthony Albanese if Labor fails to win majority government

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Adam Bandt has hailed a greenslide" as the Greens recorded its best ever election result, winning two lower house seats and holding hopes for two more.

The Greens have won the inner Brisbane seat of Ryan, held Bandt's own seat of Melbourne and were ahead in the counts for the seats of Brisbane (held by the Liberal National party) and Griffith (Labor's Terri Butler).