Explained: How the Green vote swept through Brisbane

The Greens have often talked a big game when it comes to their chances of winning federal seats, but on Saturday night, in Brisbane, they delivered. This is what happened.

The teal wave turned Green in Queensland, as the minor party ran a targeted campaign, focused on local issues like the Brisbane airport noise and outnumbered the major parties on the ground.

It was a campaign that proved the adage that all politics is local, something which Labor and the LNP have a tendency to forget as they focus on the national message.

One of the big shocks of the night was the Greens looking on track to win not just one, but up to three seats in Queensland.

Ryan is all but certain to turn Green, Griffith is likely to and Brisbane is going to be close.

While there is chance their lead on those seats could come back again as postal votes are counted - particularly in Brisbane where Labor remains hopeful of winning - it is still a remarkable achievement for the minor part.

Max Chandler-Mather, Elizabeth Watson-Brown, Stephen Bates, Senator Larissa Waters and Senate candidate Penny Allman-Payne celebrate election results on Saturday night. Picture: Dan Peled/Getty Images

The Greens have often talked a big game when it comes to their chances of winning federal seats, but on Saturday night they delivered.

There were several key factors playing into this.

They ran a strong, grassroots campaign, doing the hard yards to knock on doors, put in phone calls, organise community events and get known.

This also got them in touch with the issues specific to those local communities that would set them apart.

It is no coincidence the biggest swing to the Greens was in Griffith.

Candidate Max Chandler-Mather had beenrunning big on the Brisbane second runway airport noise issue, which is literally keeping residents up at night, promising a curfew and cap on flight numbers, while the major parties promised reviews and trials.

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Climate 200 also did not run any candidates north of the border, which meant the teal vote which saw five candidates in NSW and Victoria likely to get up was soaked up by the Greens who were prepared to seize it.

They ran a focused campaign, with their efforts targeted on those three seats rather than spread too thin. They outnumbered the major parties on the booths and pre-polls.

There is already anger within the Labor Party, with some believing they dropped the ball in their Queensland campaign even if they win government.

Its Ryan campaign was undercooked, which meant they were never in the race to seize on the anti-Morrison vote, while their numbers were pumped up in Lilley where it was in no danger.

Labor did not believe it would lose in Griffith and despite a last-minute push, a lacklustre campaign left them vulnerable.