I believe Australia should have a Third Force. One that is not owned by Communist Unions & One that is not owned by Big Business & one that is definitely not Lefty/green.

If only the smaller Party's would band together. ON, KAP, Lambie, Xenophon & a few others. Keeping well away from the Far Right & those who join the new Party as Stooges of the other two, with aims of destroying any new Party from with-in, which has happened before.

Australia may then have a chance of digging it's self out of the hole the other two have dug for us.

Belly,
I hope there'll be such a third party because the two majors haven't shown any leadership or competence in years & that at huge expense to all of us who are yearning for a better future for this Nation.

I had hoped the Democrats would be a Third Force, and it was sad to see what they deteriorated into.

I had hoped the Greens would be a Third Force. But being to the left of Labor, it's unlikely they'l become one. Though if the Libs fail to reform themselves and Labor contest the ground the Libs currently hold, there's a chance the Greens could become the second force...

I had hoped the Bobcats would be a Third Force, but Fraser Anning convinced me otherwise.

I had hoped the X-Men would be a Third Force, but Nick Xenophon's campaigning in the SA election was so bad that his party disowned his name! Still the Centre Alliance seem our best hope so far.

As for the rest, JL's out, Family First have dissolved, and please don't ask me to explain why Pauline Hanson's unsuitable! The Cons and the DLP are too authoritarian, the Lib Dems too dogmatic, and the rest are either too narrowly focused or too unpopular to gain mass appeal.

Aiden, jayb, indy, it remains true maths rules politics.
Small parties remain small because they fail to bring the voters with them.
A coalition of such small party,s would, still fail to bring the center, thereby not win enough votes.
If they did we would already have a third force.
Even as a committed one party person, it is my view a third force would be good for this country.
What would be the point of me claiming my selection was perfect, or even always right?
But in defense of the two part system I will again draw fire, but it is my view good leadership, even the very best, can not please us all.
Howard before work choices, was good leadership, Hawke, Keating, for a while, and Kevin Rudd held the polls in their hands.
My belief is the third force today is most likely to be a Liberal center splinter.
Truth seems to me at least, the right has not got the support from voters it thinks it has
Interesting poll, yesterday some get it right few get it totally wrong, says Liberals will see Wentworth lost 45 to 55 two party preferred Phelps will it says win.
Stunning, if true such results tell of unhappiness from voters who are true conservatives

Belly: A coalition of such small party's would, still fail to bring the center.

A Coalition of Centrists is what I was alluding too. You have assumed that a Coalition of Small Part's would be all the extremists.

Actually, come to think about that. It would be a good Idea too, then there would be an extreme Left (Greens) & an Extreme Right. (Nazi's) That would keep them out of the Centrist 3rd. Party.

If only.

There are already plenty of 3rd parties to mop up the protest votes such as Katter's party, the greens, one nation, etc.