The Greens’ blocking of legislation in the Senate and MP Max Chandler-Mather’s support for the CFMEU are to blame for the disappointing results in the Queensland election, says Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
After congratulating incoming premier David Crisafulli and giving credit to Steven Miles for an election result that was “much closer than many people predicted”, Plibersek commented on the Greens’ single-seat haul in Queensland.
Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather sided with the scandal-plagued CFMEU at an August Brisbane rally.Credit: AAP
Asked if there would be a flow-on effect to the Greens federally, Plibersek said that was the feedback Labor’s door knockers got during the campaign.
“People were saying they were shocked [by] Max Chandler-Mather standing up and defending the … criminal elements of the CFMEU on the back of a truck with a megaphone, instead of voting for housing, cheaper housing and more of it to be built,” Plibersek told Seven’s Sunrise.
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“They’re holding up housing reform. In my area, holding up environmental law reform, the establishment of an environment protection agency is something environmentalists have been calling on for decades and it’s the Greens that are blocking it.”
Plibersek claimed the public had realised the Greens “aren’t serious about making progress”.
“People look at that and go, ‘These people aren’t serious about making progress. They are only about opposition. They’re only about making a point’.”
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