Director of @InstituteGreen, helping build the movement. Former Federal MP for Griffith and Greens housing guy.
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined December 2016
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To build housing people can actually afford, build public housing.
Australian governments once had their own tradies, architects and planners, who built thousands of well built, affordable homes for all walks of life.
The best housing systems around the world still do this.
It meant governments could build genuinely affordable housing for workers from all walks of life at a massive scale. It also meant they weren’t ripped off by multinational private contractors that drove up the cost of projects.
Did you know Australia used to have a publicly owned electricity system, phone provider, airline, bank and even a pharmaceutical company?
For real economic transformation we need to move beyond simple ideas like tax and spend, towards extending democracy into the economic sphere
Why are some working class voters considering voting for One Nation, including those who believe that multiculturalism is a positive thing?
And what does it mean for The Greens - our potential to win real, positive transformational change?
See the full clip - and my answer to how we make sense of this current political moment - over on The Green Institute’s YouTube page youtube.com/watch?v=UK57tgsz…
BRISBANE + NEWCASTLE - Join The Good Life Forum in your city and chat about how together we can build a movement capable of taking on the corporate and political establishment, and win real change.
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Why is it that the big banks are allowed to make tens of billions of dollars in profits in a single year in Australia, while more and more ordinary people struggle?
The big corporations and billionaires have a lot to lose in changing this system.
Looking forward to it!
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Come to our live show this Saturday afternoon at Good Chat w/ guest cohost @MChandlerMather it's going to be fun and left-wing and cool >> eventbrite.com.au/e/serious-…
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Max Chandler-Mather thinks the political class in Australia have badly underestimated the “economic malaise” of the public. Can he help the Greens capitalise on that mood from outside the partyroom? crikey.com.au/2026/04/27/max…
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Renters are facing some of the worst housing insecurity in living memory, and the fuel crisis is making it worse.
The PM must use Nat Cabinet today to coordinate a nationwide rent freeze and ban on evictions, just like Vic did during COVID.
The only barrier is political will.
A 25% gas export tax would be a massive improvement on the status quo, but if Australians want a truly fair take for our resources, then a 50% rate is the way to go.
It shows its possible (and only fair) to charge a similar rate of tax here, and use it to fund programs to help Australians.