While not many options, there are some you could have preferenced above Labor. Though, I will grant none are perfect options. Voting further left does put pressure on all parties to adopt more left-leaning policies.
Christ, when the Tasmanian Liberal party went to the state election proposing a government owned and operated insurance company I was shocked, but very pleased to see.
What makes me super hopeful about the federal Libs demise is pushing politics further to the left.
You could preference (opinions based on my vibes)
- The Greens
Despite being kinda bad at politics, and filled with champaign socialists to some degree, they do broadly support taxing corporations more, to fund more public investment and programs
- Victorian Socialists (apparently they are expanding federally for the next election)
Probably filled with many idealists who would end up being uncompromising, which would not be great. But the more left wing parliamentarians we have, the further left we drive Australian politics in general
- Independent candidates who run on a left leaning platform
There are a couple of other minor parties with vaguely left wing platforms.
All one need do though, in my opinion, is preference all the right wing parties below the others.
I don't like the Greens, because there's no perfect political party, and it's run undemocratically, top-down, but I still recommend voting for them above Labor because it lights a fire under Labor's arse, and maybe, eventually, they'll get rid of thr Labor Right faction which is a stupid oxymoron*.
Victorian (Australian?) Socialists have a much more democratic party constitution, for what it's worth.
*(I am not super well-versed with the Labor factional system because I'm not a member of any political party)
