FED:Momentous Melb win for Greens

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2010
FED:Momentous Melb win for Greens

It's shaping up as a momentous election for the Australian Greens .. after Labor all
but conceded the seat of Melbourne to the minor party.

The Greens are also expected to hold the balance of power in a new Senate.

It's more bad news for Labor .. which is facing the loss of a number of seats in crucial
marginal electorates in Queensland and western Sydney.

Labor frontbencher NICOLA ROXON has indicated ADAM BANDT is likely to win the Greens
their second ever seat in the lower house .. taking the Melbourne electorate previously
held by Finance Minister LINDSAY TANNER .. who's retiring.

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