foxdemon wrote:@pugsville I must agree with your view of Shorten. Why did Labor select a cardboard cut out to lead them? I can’t see the Libs losing unless the electorate is really hurting. Labor is too faceless and bland to hold people’s attention.
Of course the public should be judging their local rep on policy.
Neither of the Major Parties inspires much confidence. But it's more noticeable when you meant to be in Government. Turnbull would not want anything else to blow up in his face. They knife Turnbull they will done and done badly, which is the only thing saving him from his own party.
Hard to say an election would be close. Australian Electorate in General right now isn't too big on giving a Government a couple terms very easily. my Money would be on some sort of hung Parliament. Minor party support isn't gaping away Greens on the left, One Nation on the right, will notion many seats but preferences flow back will be vital.
What worries me is the extremely low number of first preference votes some of the senators now sitting have gotten 17? 17 votes, it's backroom deals and preferences rather than democracy though I don't know of a real solution. A qualifier ? discard all those with less than 1000 first preference votes before allocating preferences? (dunno)
The Labour internal politics is dominated by Factions, you get to the top by wading through the morass the best. Doesn't seem to be throwing up much in the way of good leadership. Albo more likeable, Penny Wong I respect, thats about it, there's a few I don't mind. The Libs are mostly awful, Dutton, Brandis are just very objectionable people. Barnaby or Bishop if I had to choose, The libs are barely a political movement, the branches barely function at all, sees more than the usual number of whacky sorts rise up.
We're not getting a very high standard of Minister or Shadow Minister, my memory says it was a bit better in the past (but do I trust it?)