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The party did undertake an election review but, since the poll, the Greens have said little about the reasons they lost seats. While new leader Larissa Waters is talented and capable, there is a sense that the party is still licking its wounds. And yet, while all the focus is on the Liberals and their internal fight over net zero, the Greens have largely escaped scrutiny of their dire 2025 election result. There has been no obvious mea culpa. Therefore, Chandler-Mather’s frank assessment – particularly of what the Greens got wrong – is worth listening to. It’s also a reminder that they sorely miss his more confrontational and cut-through style. So far, the Greens have had little say on new policy. They will play a key part in backing or blocking Labor’s proposed environmental law changes in the Senate, but the party has been pushed to the margins of political debate. Six months on from the federal election and after a lot more quality time with his partner and two-year-old son, 33-year-old Chandler-Mather, who isn’t working full-time, has given his first interview to this column about the Greens’ political future. And his own. First off, he dismisses out of hand the often-repeated critique that the Greens were seen as too stridently pro-Palestine or that his decision to stand with the CFMEU at a Brisbane rally cost him personally.
