Max Chandler-Mather

Early life and career Chandler-Mather grew up in the suburb of West End.

Chandler-Mather completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in History at the University of Queensland.

After graduating, Chandler-Mather was a trade union organiser for the National Tertiary Education Union.

Chandler-Mather was not a member of the Greens while employed as Jonathan Sriranganathan's campaign manager for his successful 2016 campaign for Brisbane City Council. In this role he advocated for a rent freeze, removing the discount on the capital gains tax, public housing and a government-owned property developer. At the end of his first term, Chandler-Mather said he had spent $80,000 from his salary to fund the program, with the program reaching 4 schools across the electorate.

In May 2023, the Greens, with other parties, voted to delay a bill to establish the Housing Australia Future Fund, a $10 billion long-term housing fund. In justifying the delay, Chandler-Mather stated that the bill would see the housing crisis worsen, with the $10 billion allocated not to be spent directly on housing, but rather to be "gambled on the stock exchange" and the expected returns used to build homes. Later that year, Chandler-Mather with Greens leader Adam Bandt accepted the government's offer of an extra $3 billion for social and public housing, and voted with Labor, David Pocock and the Jacqui Lambie Network to pass the bill.

In May 2023, Independent MP Helen Haines and Liberal National MP Michelle Landry made complaints to the Speaker regarding personal attacks against him by Labor MPs in parliament, described as "vicious" by Haines. The attacks occurred in the context of dispute between Labor and the Greens about housing policy and rent caps.

On 27 August 2024, Chandler-Mather took to the stage of a rally in Brisbane, protesting legislation passed in the parliament the previous week that put the construction divisions of the CFMEU under administration amid allegations of links to criminal motorcycle organisations. The rally included controversial placards comparing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Adolf Hitler. ABC journalist and commentator David Speers criticised Chandler-Mather's decision to appear at the rally, comparing it with Tony Abbott's appearance at a rally against the carbon tax where he stood in front of slogans "Ju-Liar, Bob Brown's bitch" and "Ditch the Witch". Chandler-Mather praised construction workers for rallying, and invited them to become "part of a political movement that takes on developers and the banks, and redistributes that wealth in favour of ordinary, working people." Chandler-Mather said his participation in the rally was to defend due process, and that he was "appalled by allegations of corruption and misogyny" in the union. The seat was won by Renee Coffey.

Speaking to Triple J Hack after his election loss, Chandler-Mather stated that he held "no regrets" for his time as an MP and described the workplace in parliament house as "bloody awful and frankly, a lot of the times miserable", specifically pointing to the "yelling and screaming" of opposing MPs during his speeches. In response, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Chandler-Mather needed a "a mirror and a reflection on why he’s no longer in parliament”.

In September 2025, Chandler-Mather announced he would join Deepcut News as a regular contributor.

Electoral history + Australian House of Representatives Election year Electorate Party Votes FP% +/- 2PP% +/- Result 2022 Griffith Greens 36,771 34.59 10.94 60.46 60.46 2025 Griffith Greens 34,570 31.65 2.94 39.43 21.03

Political positions In a 2020 interview with Tom Ballard, Chandler-Mather expressed a desire to turn the Queensland Greens into a mass party that was primarily supported by the working class. He stated he did not identify as a socialist ideologically although his priorities overlapped with what is often perceived as socialism. Chandler-Mather describes his politics during his time at university as supporting democratic socialism.