00:00For half a century the New South Wales seat of Cowper was safe national party territory.
00:08Now it's marginal.
00:09Probably one of the few times in my life as a voter where that's been the case.
00:14The sitting member is under serious challenge from an independent and that's a story repeated
00:18across the country as the two major parties watch their share of the primary vote shrink
00:24at each election.
00:25There's no move to any radical social progress if I can put it that way from either of the
00:33parties.
00:34Up the Pacific Highway in Peter Dutton's own electorate you can hear the same thing.
00:40A lot of people have had enough of the two major parties and they're looking for alternatives.
00:45I've generally been Labor but I'm probably edging more towards the independent.
00:54According to the polls Labor is within reach of majority government but it's still entirely
01:00possible that neither party will reach that threshold and will have to negotiate with minor
01:05parties and independents to form government.
01:08That's something Australia hasn't seen since Julia Gillard was Prime Minister after forming
01:13government with the support of three independents and one Greens MP.
01:18But your say is telling us that's not something people are worried about.
01:22As the campaign ends there are two really strong themes that are emerging from your say.
01:27One of them is that voters want to see more big, bold, visionary policy offerings from the
01:32major parties.
01:33Ideas that go beyond the horizon of the next election.
01:37And the other is that they think sharing government with independents or minor parties might be a way
01:42of making that happen.
01:43I would so look forward to having a minority government.
01:47More collaboration and more consensus is good for democracy and I think it is good for policy
01:52as well and I think it can really push some good ideas into being.
01:57They may not get their wish this time around but the trend is their friend.
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