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

Max Chandler-Mather says Labor should drop ‘the deep hostility to the Greens’ in the lead-up to the federal election. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

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 at 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.