Gday Julian
Sometimes you need to cut to heal.
Unless they get a real shock, they wont change, so better to cut early and hope something better comes along, than surely go under slowly.
IIRC, the constitution actually doesnt talk about "parties" in parliament, just representatives of the people.
( and people are an odd mix of miscreants )
What we now have is a professional class of Pollies, who have nearly all come through the same cloning machine. Nothing like the constitution expected.
Andrew