Griffith covers the inner-southern suburbs of Brisbane, and includes Murrarie, Bulimba, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, South Brisbane, Highgate Hill, Carina, Cannon Hil, Stones Corner, Greenslopes, Holland Park and Dutton Park.
Griffith was the seat of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Now held by the ALPs Terri Butler since the 2014 by-election, who is Shadow Minister for the Environment. In 2019, the LNP outpolled Butler in the primary vote but the large Green vote in the electorate saw her retain the seat.
The same LNP candidate, Olivia Roberts, is running again, as is the Greens Max Chandler-Mather. Both Roberts, a local lawyer, and Chandler-Mather, a Greens strategist, are targeting Labor’s slim 2.9% margin. Griffith is a Greens targeted seat and their aim is to come second in the primary vote and win on Labor preferences.
With the same cast as 2019, it will be interesting to watch to see if the outcome will change in 2022.