Unfortunately picking between the main protagonists is like picking between B1 and B2.Personally I'll go for the cross benches. At lest they give the appearance of talking and thinking. They even give the appearance of being able to discuss and come to agreement with others in an intelligent and adult manner. B1 and B2 do not have any of those characteristics.

My two bob's worth and even that's over paying B1 and B2

DKit

Don sums up the dilemma very well. A vote for anyone in the lower house is probably a waste of time. Labor will always be incompetent; the Coalition needs to be taught a lesson for veering so far away from its roots with the leftist, and nimcampoop, Turnbull. I will be writing "stop muslim immigration" on the lower house ticket, and voting ALA (if there is a candidate),Family First, and any independents available to put the Coalition, Labor and the Greens on the bottom.

I hope that made you feel better Don, But it didn't help me.

You've expressed my feelings almost exactly, but that really doesn't help much.

Perhaps it has. While writing the above I came to the conclusion that the most important thing is to get rid of Turnbull, once & for all. We can't have the clown hanging around causing nothing but trouble.

Over the years, looking at recent history, I have come to realise that the worst & most destructive leaders have been the orators. They have always been the most arrogant & opinionated, the most wrong in those opinions, & the least likely to accept good advice.

Thus, apart from the imperative of getting rid of Turnbull, I think one should pick the least able speaker in the list of local candidates.

I will putting a line through the house of reps and voting for the Australian Christians in the Senate. That way I won't be contributing to the further demise of this nation. The Libs might then wake up to their stupidity or split.

About par for the course for runner or did the local budgie appear and whisper in your ear,Australian Christians not Fred Niles version? or is this another bunch of tax dodgers who are in it to enrich themselves neither are very Christian

TTBN, a vote for ALA is a vote for the Liberals, all these "Far right" groups are satellites of the Liberal party.
The Jacquie Lambie Network are the only real working class party likely to retain or gain senate seats, most of their policies are pretty good. I don't like her ideas on autonomous economic zones but you can't have everything, I'll be voting for Hugh Dolan her Victorian senate candidate.
If you want to lodge a genuine protest against the current political order then vote Australia First, though it remains to be seen if they can get enough candidates to run in all states.