Anthony Albanese warns Adam Bandt and Greens over blocking legislation after poor showing in Qld election

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Anthony Albanese warns Adam Bandt and Greens over blocking legislation after poor showing in Qld election

Anthony Albanese has issued a warning to Adam Bandt and the Greens over blocking legislation in Parliament after poor results in Queensland on Saturday, leaving the minor party with no seats in the State.

Despite Labor’s Steven Miles conceding the Queensland State election on Sunday morning, Mr Albanese heaped praise on the former premier, saying that he ran an “effective campaign” but Labor would have struggled to win a fourth term after nine years in office.

The comments came as LNP leader David Crisafulli hit the ground on his first day as premier-elect, speaking for more than 20 minutes

After predictions of a landslide victory against Labor, Queensland narrowly elected the LNP, which was on track to win a majority of 47 seats in the Parliament.

But the Greens, which previously held two seats in the last Parliament and were hopeful of growing their share, were on track to lose Maiwar and South Brisbane to the LNP and Labor respectively.

Camera IconGreens leader Adam Bandt. Credit: News Corp Australia

“People who elected Greens Party representatives to State and Federal parliament expected them to play a progressive role, not to play a blocking role; to seek to bring people together, not to divide people,” Mr Albanese said.

“I think there is a big message in this result for Adam Bandt. I think that it is the first time that a Greens elected member who has been elected for a full term has lost their seat.”

The Prime Minister said the loss of South Brisbane, which the Greens won from Labor’s deputy premier Jackie Trad in 2020, challenged a belief that once seats were lost to the crossbench, Labor would be unable to win them back.

“Of course last night that was proved wrong,” he said.

“Queensland Labor have been in office for three terms. There were a range of issues and challenges that they were dealing with but it is hard to win a fourth term in office.”

Queensland senator Murray Watt said on Sunday that Queenslanders were experiencing “buyer’s remorse” from the Greens, saying it gave Labor hope of winning back seats lost in 2022.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconSteven Miles Credit: News Corp Australia

“It gives us real hope that we could reclaim the seat of Griffith and potentially gain the seats of Brisbane and Ryan as well,” he said.

“What was really coming through from those voters, which are currently held by the Greens Federally, is a sense of buyer’s remorse.

“People voted for the Greens both at State and Federal level expecting to see progressive solutions delivered and all they’ve ended up getting are a bunch of blockers and extreme activists who seem increasingly out of touch with what voters in those areas think.

“We’ve had a lot of feedback that people really noticed Max Chandler-Mather onstage with the CFMEU, pursuing an extreme agenda there.”

Mr Crisafulli said the Prime Minister had been “generous” with his time, with the pair having a 20 minute conversaiton on Sunday morning.

Among the matters raised he said was the federal government lifting its infrastructure funding to 80 per cent of projects, rather than the current even split.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconDavid Crisafulli Credit: News Corp Australia

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton congratulated Mr Crisafulli for his victory, saying Queenslanders wanted change.

“They wanted action on ******, cost of living, health and housing, and they’ve voted for it,” he said in a post on X.

“I wish David and his new LNP government all the best on delivering a fresh start for Queenslanders.”

Mr Miles, who is set to remain Labor leader after the loss, admitted his speech on Saturday night “jumped the ****” after he refused to concede the election.

“The result last night was much better than expected, but clearly nowhere near sufficient for a Labor victory. I’m very proud of the campaign that I ran and the government that have led these last 10 months, but at the end of the day, clearly, Queenslanders for some time, have wanted to see change of government,” Miles said.

“You’ve seen the polls pretty consistently for a long time now, they predicted a very, very bad result. The fact that many MPs have held their seats, it’s a credit to them, but also I’m going to give credit to the campaign that we ran”.

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