Thanks, David, food for thought, and another possible antidote to "Kos Samaras Theory". Which claims in effect, that Labor and One Nation are now the dominant electoral tribes, with the Coalition gone for all money.

No matter how unfamiliar, any and all options should be considered, because the last thing Australia needs is five more years of divisive Albanese with his United Nations open-borders net-zero doctrines.

There's no point to comparing Australia with countries 'around the world'. Our ruling class loves to be different: compulsory voting, preferential voting. One of the parties lies to get elected; the other one never gets rid of the Liars' rotten legislation when they get in.

And, both parties lie to us about Australia being the "best country in the world". It's not the worst - compared with the Third World - but is as sure as Hell not the best.

will be interesting to see how the preferences play out.

Its absolutely true that the parties of the right don't need to go into formal agreements before the election. It was a mistake for the Libs and Nats to go back into a formal arrangement after the last break-up.

Let each right of centre party chase their own constituency and see where the chips lay after the election. This is how the left operates with the ALP and Green operating as they are deadly opponents only to fully co-operate post election to maintain the so-called progressive agenda.

I feel that each party wants a formal agreement pre-election because they are afraid that after election, like with musical chairs, they won't have a chair to sit on and would prefer to book their place early. But that's not good for the right of centre agenda.

Preferences, the guile to undermine Democracy !

The problem for the Liberal party is the "broad church" mentality, where the parties progressive wing does't want a bar of the extreme radicals from One Nation and other crazy parties. Coalitions often lead to a situation where the tail wags the dog, evident how the Cow Cocky Party has control of the Noalition when in government.

Glad Israel gets a mention, a coalition of conservatives with radical Zionists, the consequence being the slaughter of more than 70,000 Palestinians. In earlier history a German coalition between the larger conservative German National People's Party led by Alfred Hugenberg and Adolf Hitler's radical National Socialist German Workers' Party, had unintended consequences, I'm sure Hugenberg didn't anticipate that such a coalition would lead to war and the deaths of 60 million people.

Back in Australia its also a question of intelligence, can anyone imagine the country with the "super smart" the Lovely Pauline as PM and her deputy dog Barnyard Joy, lying in the gutter, abusing his mobile phone! Popularism with no policies is a recipe for disaster!