Max, who was banned by the local LNP dominated Brisbane city council, is now in federal parliament!
The Courier Mail (Murdoch Press) would have us believe Max, the member for Griffith, is a mad, frothing-at-the-mouth revolutionary. On 1 August 2022, the Courier Mail (Murdoch Press) charcterised Max’s maiden speech thus: “Queensland Greens MP (Max) has said “Australia’s parliament is run by ‘billionaires and big corporations'” and Max was “using his first speech to launch a full-throated attack against his new workplace and colleagues”.
This is simply untrue.
Who, but someone full of hope, would spend all that energy knocking on 90,000 doors to get into an institution where 89% of its members come from privilege, an overpaid political class that have done little to stop wars; to prevent climate change; to get rid of the bosses watchdog, the ABCC; have routinely debased women; enforce mandatory detention on refugees; and have said ‘sorry’ to first nations people but continue to enact laws that take away aboriginal kids from their families; to name but a few of its inadequacies.
There is no doubt that journos are paid by Murdoch to come up with criticism of someone, Max, who is only pointing out the bleeding obvious.
So, it now seems almost inevitable that when Max gets around to criticising Israel, he will be monstered by the press for being anti-semitic. I think there should be some kind of sane agreement among the political parties that criticism of Israel does not amount to anti-semitism; it is legitimate to make such criticism in the same way that we might criticise the United States, Russia or China.
Ian Curr, Ed., 5 Aug 2022.
The Liberal city council of Brisbane/Meanjin banned Max Chandler-Mather from putting up signs like these. But Max won the election and is now the member for Griffith for the Greens after the 2022 Federal Election. Brisbane City Council banned his organisation from putting up more than a few signs around the seat of Griffith.
My protest for this undemocratic action was to put up his sign and not to take it down as requested by council.
Brisbane City Council placed a limit on political signage in front yards and threatened the Greens candidate Max Chandler-Mather and his supporters with fines if they do not remove the yard signs (pictured). Will the sitting member and the other candidates come out against this attack on democratic rights? I doubt it, because, unlike the Greens, they are fully cashed up. Like Queensland’s own oligarch, Clive Palmer, with his monstrous yellow signs shouting out “Freedom”. Palmer does not know the meaning of the word — unless it is the freedom to exploit workers as he did at Yabulu Nickel mine just north of Townsville! @Workers BushTelegraph
Max who was banned by the LNP is now in federal parliament!
The Courier Mail (Murdoch Press) would have us believe Max, the member for Griffith, is a mad, frothing at the mouth revolutionary. Three days ago the Courier Mail termed this speech as “Queensland Greens MP (Max) has said “Australia’s parliament is run by ‘billionaires and big corporations'” and Max was “using his first speech to launch a full-throated attack against his new workplace and colleagues”.
This is simply untrue. Who, but someone full of hope, would spend all that energy getting into an institution where 89% of its members come from privilege, a overpaid political class that have done little to stop wars, to prevent climate change, to get rid of the bosses watchdog the ABCC, have routinely debased women, and have said sorry but continued to enact laws that take away aboriginal kids from theor families, to name but a few of its inadequacies.