The Liberal party aren't conservatives, they are neolibs.

The conservative/libertarian parts of the party have died off towards the end of the Howard era. Now we are stuck with morons whose only redeeming feature is at least they aren't commies.

Labour is to intertwined with Wolf warriors and influence from Chine through the union movements and factions they are beholden to. Liberals are under influence from them just because "muh trade". One Nation has to much stigma to ever be taken serious, Clive Palmer is just worried about his own ego, NXT would burn the country down if it got South Australia something, Greens are communists pretending they aren't, Nationals on the federal level are neutered puppets of the Liberal party and every one else has been smeared as clowns by the media so we end up with the two ineffective parties that dominate politics. Scomo is better than Turnbull but the depth of talent in the party is dire.

Labour is similar.

The problem with Aussie political parties is they don't seem to care about doing the job, they only seem to care about winning the job application.