I voted early today. My God the Senate paper was grim. Just diabolical.
There's Labor, and then there's the Greens (and even them I'm ambivalent on)... and then there is a galaxy of every rightwing nutter outfit you can think of, some branded with the founder's name, some named after old parties your grandparents remember, some with wholly misleading names (do I dare to take a guess at who the Workers Party are?). I see Fuck Off We're Full and the Citizens Electoral Council are still hanging in there.
No sure what to make of this. It's indicative of massive egos on the far right, to be sure... but of course they feed off each other too. On the left, or whatever passes for that these days, I'm thinking everyone's lining up behind Labor and clearing the runway. Hence no Spartacist League, Socialist Democratic Party, Democratic Socialist Progress Party, Judean People's Socialist Alternative etc etc.