Comment by Jedd

> Australia's political coalitions have been pretty stable despite instant run-off voting and not having any mention of political parties in the constitution.

Coalitions plural? I'll echo the earlier sibling comment that LNP is effectively one party - a coalition by name only now, a marriage of sometime convenience.

Other coalitions are rare, to my memory, and I suspect the distinction between an ephemeral coalition and actual representative democracy is a bit fuzzy, if the end goal is to obtain compromise and consensus between multiple representatives with disparate opinions.

As to the AU constitution - it was penned at a time when the dangers of party politics, let alone two-party politics, were not as obvious. Remember, our constitution doesn't mention a role of Prime Minister either.

I'd be very happy to move towards a Swiss style approach here, or even just start with a triumvirate.