Greens including Adam Bandt at risk of election wipe-out while teals could expand presence

The Greens are at risk of a wipe-out in the lower house, including in the party leader Adam Bandt's seat of Melbourne, though there is a prospect of the party picking up two other seats.

The left-wing party faces a turbulent few days, with all four of its existing seats in doubt, but Wills and Richmond are still on the cards as Green gains.

In a fright for the party, leader Adam Bandt is fighting to hold onto his seat of Melbourne, with Labor ahead in the two-party preferred vote, at 30 per cent of the vote counted.

Meanwhile, a successful night for teal independent MPs that saw those swept into parliament in 2022 safely returned could even end up with their ranks expanded.

For years, Mr Bandt was the only Greens MP in the lower house, but the bloc was expanded in 2022 when a trio of Queensland seats fell to the party.

As counting paused on Saturday night, those seats looked at risk of being unpicked.

Speaking earlier in the evening to the party faithful, Mr Bandt said the count was not finished.

"There's obviously some more votes to come in, and so many people voted early," he said.

"One thing is clear, though, is, we have kept Dutton out."

Mr Bandt said there were a number of seats too close to call, but he reminded supporters that had also happened in 2022.

"What I can say is, I would rather be in [Wills candidate] Samantha Ratnam's shoes than anyone else's right now," Mr Bandt said.

Greens supporters cheered at Mr Bandt celebrating that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had lost his seat, even as his own remained in doubt.

In Griffith, high-profile first-term MP Max Chandler-Mather, who stormed into parliament and quickly captured attention with his strong push on housing and renter policies, conceded his defeat overnight.

Forty-nine per cent of the vote had been counted at the end of last night, and with Labor's Renee Coffey leading on primaries, Mr Chandler-Mather will struggle to overtake her once preference flows are decided.

Stephen Bates in Brisbane is in third, behind Labor at second, with just over half of the primary votes counted — but preference flows are expected to benefit Labor, which would see it take out that seat.

Elizabeth Watson-Brown has the best chance of holding on to one of the Queensland seats.

Labor insiders said they had been quietly working those seats for more than 18 months and were confident that, if they could win the second spot in each of Griffith, Brisbane and Ryan, preferences would see them into those seats.

The party also saw in focus groups that Mr Chandler-Mather's appearance alongside the CFMEU last year damaged his image.

Meanwhile, in Richmond, it remains a three-cornered contest with the Greens leading. In Wills, the picture is less positive. Both will come down to preferences.

'Teal' wave could rise

But while the Greens face a tough fight to remain in the lower house, this election could deliver an expanded crossbench of independents.

The "teal wave" that swept into parliament at the last federal election is projected to stay for another term and could even rise.

Wentworth MP Allegra Spender, Curtin MP Kate Chaney, Mackellar MP Sophie Scamps, Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel are all projected to retain their seats.

Ms Chaney said independents were here to stay.

"I think that people all over Australia have seen what it looks like when they have a representative that answers to them and not a party," she said on Saturday night.

"And tonight, we are seeing they like it."

A number of other seats could deliver even more independents to parliament, but they will be close contests.

One of the few Labor losses could be in Bean, in the Australian Capital Territory.

Independent challenger Jessie Price is leading by a hair in that seat over its incumbent, Labor MP David Smith.

With three-quarters of primary votes reported, the ABC is estimating it could translate to a win to Ms Price, who is ahead with a 50.4 per cent preferred result.

A new independent is expected to enter parliament for the seat of Bradfield, with Climate 200-backed Nicolette Boele defeating Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian on preferences.

With 69 per cent of the two-candidate preferred vote counted, Ms Boele is leading on 51.7 per cent, a 4.2 per cent swing to her after the retirement of Bradfield's long-serving MP, Paul Fletcher.

Dai Le and Andrew Gee, independent MPs who sit outside the aligned "teal" community independents, are projected to also retain their seats (as well as Bob Katter and Andrew Wilkie, whose seats were never in doubt).

However, Alex Dyson, the independent challenger in Liberal Dan Tehan's seat of Wannon, appears to have failed to win the seat in his second attempt.

An expensive attempt by Clive Palmer through his Trumpet of Patriots party yielded no lower house victories.

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