It's only three years to the next election! Rest assured, the strategists are already thinking about it.
Both big parties have choices and hard decisions.
Should the Liberals swing to the left after the voters swung that way?
And should Labor moderate its polices to woo those metropolitan seats back from the independents?
Two of the country's top political analysts have answers.
Plus Dan Jervis-Bardy talks about Scott Morrison's calm in the face of defeat.
All this with hosts Steve Evans and Alex Crowe.
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Should the Libs shift leftwards? Should Labor trim its policy for government?