At the start of the first full week of the Federal Election we are working hard to bring you a fuller picture of the key issues as we all consider the choices ahead of us. To that end we will post more stories more often over the next 5 weeks.

Community independents, including Teals, are expected to do well at the May election. Their capacity to widen the space in the middle ground of politics is a measure of both Labor and Coalition ineptitude.