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Emily Verdouw

Greens point finger at Labor after another poll letdown

Greens leader Adam Bandt (centre) has issued a warning to federal Labor after the Queensland poll. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

The Greens have not been able to identify where they can improve despite losing ground at another state election.

But Greens leader Adam Bandt claimed Labor had a big lesson to learn from the Liberal National Party's Queensland election win ahead of the federal poll in 2025.

The Greens had hoped to win up to six seats at the Queensland election on Saturday after enjoying federal success in inner-Brisbane in 2022.

But they may only come away with one, with Michael Berkman set to retain the seat of Maiwar and Amy MacMahon battling to hold on to South Brisbane.

It followed disappointing results at the ACT and NSW elections where the minor party lost seats.

Mr Bandt refused to describe the Queensland election result as a backward step for the Greens.

"What the overall picture is, the LNP vote went up, the Labor vote crashed, the Greens vote held steady," he said. 

Asked what lessons the Greens had learned from the Queensland poll, Mr Bandt pointed the finger at Labor.

He claimed Queensland's Labor spent its time attacking the Greens, leaving the door open for LNP to win government for the first time in almost 10 years.

Mr Bandt warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese if he adopted the same approach before the federal poll, it would be "handing the keys to The Lodge" to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

"What happened in Queensland when they turned their efforts into just stopping the Greens, is they gave up government to the LNP and we don't want the same thing to be happening at a federal level," he said in Brisbane on Monday.

"If federal Labor replicates what Queensland Labor has done and spends the bulk of their resources and time attacking the Greens, that is going to open the door for Peter Dutton."

Instead of fighting the Greens, the minor party wanted the prime minister to start working with them to combat the LNP threat.

The party claimed Queensland's Labor recovered in the polls when it adopted Greens policies including 50 cent public transport fares and free lunches for primary school kids.

Mr Bandt said the "door is open" for the federal government to work with the Greens on the housing and cost of living crisis, even inviting the prime minister to copy their policies.

"If Labor does adopt those policies, it will be a good day. It will be a good day because it makes a difference for people's lives," he said.

"We're calling on Labor to spend the next few months of this parliament working together with the Greens."

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