Adam Bandt projected to lose Melbourne seat, leaving federal Greens without a leader

ABC’s election analyst projects Labor to win back seat held by the Greens leader since 2010

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Adam Bandt is projected to lose his inner-city Melbourne seat in a shock defeat that will see Labor take the reins for the first time since 2010.

The long-serving Greens MP trails on more than 4,000 votes behind Labor’s Sarah Witty and is unlikely to catch up with the dwindling preferences remaining, ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green, said on Wednesday afternoon.

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