How the Greens’ disastrous strategy will help Albo win

The party’s embrace of dubious housing policies, the corrupt CFMEU and “genocide” claims has alienated its base.

Max Chandler-Mather has led the Greens’ the pivot towards undergraduate Marxism. Bethany Rae

John BlackElection analyst

May 2, 2025 – 1.36pm

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In the 2022 election, the Greens had three surprise wins: the inner metropolitan seats of Brisbane and Ryan from the Liberal National Party and Griffith from Labor.

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John BlackElection analystJohn Black is a former Labor senator for Queensland. He is executive chairman of profiling company Australian Development Strategies, and of Education Geographics.