‘Awful, Miserable’ Workplace: Departing Greens MP Claims He’s Pleased to Leave Parliament

High-profile Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather lost his Brisbane seat of Griffith to Labor, but says he has no regrets about leaving a toxic work environment.

Greens member for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, July 1, 2024. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

While Greens leader Adam Bandt’s seat of Melbourne is still too close to call, two of the party’s MPs already know they’re not returning to Parliament: Stephen Bates and housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather.

But Chandler-Mather says he’s far from upset to be leaving Parliament, which he describes as a “sick place.”