Labor lost Queensland election partly because it was obsessed with the Greens, Chandler-Mather says

Exclusive: Greens housing spokesman argues lesson for federal Labor is if PM spends next six months fighting Greens he's going to hand the keys to Peter Dutton'

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The Greens' federal housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather, says the Queensland election result shows federal Labor needs to drop its deep hostility" to the minor party - or risk losing next year's national poll.

The Liberal National Party's victory on the weekend - its first majority in almost a decade - relied upon gains from Labor in regional areas, including heartland seats in central and north Queensland.

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