Definitely, I was lamenting to a mate the other night that I feel neither party currently represents my political views. This is probably exacerbated by Tony Abbott being Liberal leader and he currently appears to be fundamentally opposed to compromise on any issue, even when it is in the nations best interest.
The real question is how do we get trust back into a political process. Through the first 60-70 years of the twentieth century, people were willing to trust their political leaders, relying on the fact that they had access to better information used to make decisions. Since technology has taken off and the guy sitting at his computer at home can get real time information about anything and everything, including what is happening on the other side of the planet, there has been a general decline in the public's willingness to place blind faith in their political leaders. This has worsened to the point were the opinion of the majority of the public is that the majority of politicians are self serving incompetents.
I know personally that tax payer funded elections, banning political party donations from companies and limiting personal donations to $100 per annum would go a long way. They also need a mechanism to deal with politicians who may appear to have broken the law. Look at the time frame it has taken to deal with the Craig Thompson affair. I would like to see a policy of something along the line of jury alternates, where each party has a couple of elected members abstaining from voting each time, and if a party member is under a legal cloud and public confidence in them is damaged, they permanently abstain until the issue has been dealt with.
This parliarmentary term has been particularly grubby and the system needs an overhaul if they are to regain public confidence.