Malcolm Turnbull

He's absolutely right.

The Liberal Party is enabling people

and bolstering and boosting one nation and in doing so, diminishing its own support with the consequences that we've seen in one election after another.

It's hard to predict.

I mean, the Labor Party has got enormous endurance, right?

The Labor Party has the great advantage that it is the political wing of the trade union movement.

Now, you know, a lot of people say that's an Achilles heel too.

That's a problem for it, but it gives it an institutional solidity.

The problem that, on the other hand, the Liberal Party and just about every other party in Australia has is that they are controlled by their members.

And so as their membership base dwindles and becomes smaller, less representative of the community as a whole,

They can very readily get out of touch with the electorate at large.

I think there's a question you can legitimately ask.

And I mean, Angus Taylor has made this point.

There is a legitimate question with will the Liberal Party survive?

You know, it's an existential time for it.

I don't think you'd ever say that about the Labour Party for those institutional reasons, structural reasons I mentioned.

I imagine they'll be mildly interested, but at the end of the day, Labor's in a very strong position.

I mean, their primary vote is down, that's for sure.

But again, all of the polls indicate this.

At this stage, they almost certainly get returned to government.