Is our 2 party system just a con?

[willedoo]

Yes, I think they are far better off on their own. As a party they could end up being neither here nor there. Some of them of a similar persuasion could be loosely alligned but I doubt a party would work. 

[old man emu]

Isn't a politcal party an alliance of like-minded persons?

[willedoo]

It is, but it's a very tight and strict alliance normally. Stray from the party line and you get the boot is how a lot of them operate.

[facthunter]

Party's develop Policies. If the Independents do that, they are NOT Independent. It's not a Name . it's a description.

[Marty_d]

There's a financial component too I believe. Labor made changes around electoral funding which benefits parties over independents.

One commentator said they could form a party called "the Independents" and allow conscience votes on every issue.

[willedoo]

This article gives a variety of figures from four polls released this week, Redbridge, YouGov, Fox & Hedgehog and Morgan. The Fox & Hedgehog poll found if a Teal-style party ran it would have 6% support coming mostly at Labor's expense and having no effect on the combined Coalition and One Nation figures.

 

https://theconversation.com/one-nation-surges-to-first-on-primary-votes-in-two-new-polls-284165

[Siso]

On 01/06/2026 at 8:52 AM, facthunter said:

Where is THERE exactly?  People can PROMISE anything. 

We have seen that recently with the budget. As if they weren"t thinking about negative gearing before the election. Lying pieces of .....  the only reason ON is getting any teaction is because of the poor performance of the major partys. It is amazing how people get stuck into other people without acually thinking they may be wrong themselves.

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

The major party's bipartisan immigration policy is on the rocks, thanks to One Nation. The Liberals are now calling for a reduction in immigrant numbers, trying to take the wind out of O.N.'s sails. No one trusts the Liberal any longer, they're just about finished. And Labor is in the same boat, floating rudderless in a One Nation sea.

[willedoo]

It's funny hearing some journalists referring to the government's 94 seat majority. That's their number of seats in the house; their majority is 19 seats.

[willedoo]

I'd never heard of David Farley before he ran for One Nation in the Farrer byelection. I read in a news article that he's an ex managing director and CEO of AACo. It was a fair while ago, he served in that role from 2009 to 2013. For those that dont't know the company, Australian Agricultural Company is Australia's biggest cattle and beef producer. been around since 1824.

[onetrack]

Farley seems like a reasonable sort of individual with a realistic outlook, that is less hardline than Paulines approach. I'm surprised he's thrown his hat in with ON.

Perhaps he'll be the sure hand on the tiller of ON and bring some stability to the Party. Or perhaps he won't last long, and there'll be a falling out, and he'll be booted from ON.