I (ttbn) often say to myself (out loud), “there must be something better than this”. Maybe you'll discover what it is shortly.

You're one to speak about others, how often do you get on here pontificating about the "silent majority". Now its the 'Family First' Party who command about 3% of the popular vote. Well, that's better than your last mob, the Corney Banana Party with a massive half a percent of the vote in 2019.

Islam is different things for different people.
For some, it is even different things at different stages of their life.

So for some it is a political movement.
For others it is a religion.
For others it is a social framework.

For many it is a mixture of the above in different proportions.

Democracy is under threat in Australia
ttbn,
Not from the Conservative side ! The leftist Democrats (Labor here) are hell-bent on destroying majority agreement by combining minority groups against the majority ! That is as hypocritically un-democratic as it can possibly be !
That's why I have always described Democracy as one of the worst forms of Dictatorship.

Indyvidual

The problem is that we no longer have a "conservative side" in the form of a party capable of forming a government. The Coalition has been infiltrated by the Left. The best that Peter Dutton can come up with is nuclear power - even then only in relation to Scott Morrison's net zero nonsense - and he will remove the 'aboriginal ambassador'.

The Coalition came up with the vile idea of online censorship. Dutton is OK with digital ID, remove parental rights and obligations, abortion, protecting gender bending and unnatural "weddings" and sexual practices, abortions. To cut a long story short, the Coalition is in lock step with Labor on most things.

It's getting to the stage where the main difference between China and Australia is: China doesn't deny that it is a one-party state.

An Opposition is supposed to present an alternative to the Government, but Dutton is as committed to the ridiculous Net Zero by 2050 as are the lunatics in the Albanese regime. The only difference being he wants to use nuclear to do it - a waste of time and money - instead of admitting we have been bushwhacked by the Climate Cult, and getting back to coal and gas.

To put it mildly, Dutton is piss-weak.

The next federal election is less than a year away
with the dates being mentioned around March to May
2025.

There are many issues still to play out in the lead up
into the 2025 election. But based on current policy and
economic conditions and the probable path for factors
that influence voters, Labor with some good management
should win a second term.

It will be interesting to see how issues such as immigration,
population growth, housing, employment, nuclear power versus
renewable energy, health, education, defence, income and
wealth distribution, gender equality and a myriad of other
issues can sway voter preference.