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Greens MP undoes four years of political grind

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29.08.2024

Max Chandler-Mather’s decision this week to climb onto a stage in support of the embattled CFMEU was a high-risk strategy that ended in a spectacular own goal for the savvy 32-year-old Greens’ MP and his party.

From every angle, Chandler-Mather’s loud support looked like an endorsement of a union which stands accused of violence, gross misogyny, and enveloping a culture that is toxic to the core.

It was a bad, bad look, made worse by posters labelling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a traitor and likening him to Adolf Hitler, and the brash, intemperate language of CFMEU officials who screamed abuse while demanding supporters embark on the “absolute destruction of the Australian Labor Party’’.

It was a tad indecorous and opened up the Greens to accusations it was embarking on a brash power play to broaden its political appeal, at any cost.

The Greens see its performance both in the upcoming Queensland election and the looming federal poll as crucial to its future; an opportunity to extend its influence and grow its support beyond constituencies worried about environmental and climate........

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