For the right the next election is about renovation

They should cease hostilities against each other, in the sense of treating the other party as an enemy which must be destroyed, except to the extent that two front-running candidates in a preselection might be hostile to each other.

They should compete ferociously for the right to represent each electorate, while recognising that the supporters of the losing conservative candidate will very often be needed to elect the winner.

Then they should run the next election like a primary election between two rival factions of the same entity, because, with half of traditional Coalition voters now voting One Nation, that is what they in essence are.

Under compulsory preferential voting the electorate can conduct the primary and the general election on the same ballot paper. Voters can decide whether the One Nation or Coalition candidate is the better representative of the non-Labor side, and their later preferences can then decide whether that candidate or Labor wins the seat.

People don’t believe either can win, so stop talking about winning. Give voters other and better reasons to vote One Nation or Coalition, and then see what the next election brings.

Find the right candidate. Fight the right local battle. Give voters a reason to replace a bad MP or retain a good one. Let the electorate decide which non-Labor candidate survives. Build a better Parliament one electorate at a time.

We might all be surprised at the result.