Memo to Labor: campaign more on Trump less on your record

But wait. I'd even prefer Albanese-Redux, to the dire prospect of Labor-Greens minority government, or some amalgam of Labor plus Green-Teals.

People like to imagine that Greens or Teals "moderate" Labor. In many or most respects however, each is more extreme, more distanced from community values and views.

If Labor needed Greens or Teals to hit 76 seats, nothing can be ruled out. Remember the minority government Julia Gillard formed – in exchange for trivial "commitments" then a beating in 2013.

Similarly, or so I console myself, any Labor/Greens/Teals conglomerate government would forfeit the Treasury benches soon enough. But think of the damage by then. Three more years of Albanese will be bad enough.