'A greenslide or winning in increments?: The greens in the 2022 federal election'

The Greens' performance at the 2022 Australian federal election outcome was hailed by the party and the commentariat as a Greenslide. In this article, we examine whether this characterisation of the outcome is entirely accurate. We argue that both the Greens' campaign strategy and representational gains were strong, even if their overall electoral performance, as reflected in vote share, was not especially spectacular. We conclude that Greens gains are the culmination of an incremental but steady consolidation of the party's primary vote in mostly inner metropolitan seats. To this extent, the 2022 election outcome was less a Greens surge as it was a victory for the party's ability to forge ongoing inroads within the electorate. The outcome suggests that the Greens are still growing.