Yes, even ALA if that's what it takes - anything to scrape the glue that sticks those two dinosaurs to their chairs. I am looking forward to having parliament comprise of 150 different parties and independents, all representing real people, why ALA could be one of them.
We can then try to fix the mess in the 2019 elections, once politics no longer runs along the lines of 19th-century (and early 20th) economy/class wars.

The whole system is a scam anyway, because here we have the two majors, as well as the greens, out selling their policies and making false and misleading promises, promises none of them cab keep.

The reason they can't keep them is because all their policies have to go through the senate to pass and if they don't pass, then the voters voted for nothing. A point in case being Abbots parental leave scheme where the gullible were sucked in simply because blind Freddie knew it was just a dream. Similar to many of labors policies right now, just dreams.

And I thank you too Everald ... An encouraging vision for the future! We'll need a big paddock in which to turn this dinasour political machine around, without casualties...

A very interesting year in politics, not only Australia, but the results of the Brexit loom, and U.S. congressional elections November 8 this year. All of these will be profound in their own way!

If the option is fragmentation into minors or a major party I don't support, give me the latter.

Malcolm's DD election should have happened months ago. He frittered away political capital and may well be left with an unworkable Senate.

Australia seems doomed to mediocrity until people see how it all isn't working. Too much energy will be spent in forming alliances and the fall outs from their disintegrations will turn politics introspective.

We don't appreciate how good we've had it for so long.

In my view, there seems to have been a death of 'True Blue Australia' in favor of the newer and more politically correct 'Multicultural Australia'.
Whilst just a simple play on words the actual change we see taken place is significant.

Elections happening in the modern world today are very much about a theme of 'Globalism' V's 'Nationalism' and it is pushed inadvertently by politicians who don't get rich in Parliament but with the groups they work with after political life.
So the system itself and the people we elect are slowly destroying Nationalism.

I don't like the idea of globalism and anyone other that an elected Australian making decisions for us, (and especially given that we are a land nation that is an island/continent that should be self sufficient and sustainable) but our system and politicians are slowly selling us out.

June 19, 2016. Sunday evening 60 Minutes program first of the three presented stories, stories on two Queensland farmers having to deal with coal gas companies, ruining farmers land, supported by government laws.

The 60 Minutes program scandalised government's roll in looking after Queensland farmers interests.

My argument here is citizens only redress is to vote for an opposition party during the next election, in some belief both two main political parties are in competition with each other, wanting to win elections because political parties want to carry out political policies. That being in government rather than opposition is politicians winning incentive in life.

I say, both main political parties don't care, as each party has a turn in government, plus everything is controlled by a not mentioned establishment committee.

60 Minutes are merely embarrassing government, dramatising transparency, independent media separation from supposed democracy government.

What's also a noticeable argument, is that Queensland government doesn't care what voters think about democracy, as media have convinced Australians democracy exists, that there's no better acceptable government system.

I express the opposite, that 60 Minutes dramatises that there exists a dictatorship establishment, blaming democracy. That the process of citizens complaining about property owners rights is futile. Governments can obtain land, negotiate a price which suits government, that complaining gets complainers nowhere.

Four Corners Monday June 6, describes money given to aboriginal associations, misappropriation, under investigation by the prime ministers department, leads absolutely nowhere.

I assume Australians are so over supplied by same repeated information, listeners don't really care about anything mentioned by serious media.
U.S. shootings I assume in North America are so overly same information updated broadcasted to media listeners, many listeners soon stop caring.

For the same reason using same tactics schooling education uses, overly supplied same information kills human curiosity.
When people lose money during a financial crises, very few persons cares about all the people who have lost money. All the people who lost money during 2007 and 2008, barely ever have their stories told by media other than Rudd's saving Australia from the Great World Recession.