The end of the Liberals: For once, my electoral predictions haven’t turned out too badly, so I’ll offer one more before we get back to policy: The Liberal Party will never again win a federal election. This isn’t a prediction of unending Labor rule, rather an observation that the Liberal and National parties are in such dire straits that they can’t continue as they are. They haven’t got enough support, parliamentary representation or ideas for one party, let alone two. — John Quiggin

Sunday classifieds: FOR SALE: Tracksuit collection, men’s, size medium. Mainly sporting themes, some very rare, including Wallabies, Socceroos and Team Aspiration Nation (still in original packaging). Suit older buyer. WANTED TO RENT: Gracious harbourside home in Sydney for elderly couple (no pets). Can offer refurbished Wollstonecraft cottage as partial consideration. — Road to Surfdom

Bad news for the Greens: I think I can also manage an overview for the Senate, which has produced a surprisingly strong result for the Coalition and a number of disappointments for the Greens. Kerry Nettle is gone in NSW, with three seats each for Labor and the Coalition. It’s looking like the same result in Victoria, although Greens candidate Richard di Natale might yet take the final seat from the third Liberal candidate Scott Ryan. The Greens also seem to be falling short in Queensland, their candidate 2.4 per cent behind Labor’s third for the final seat. — Poll Bludger

Libs expected worse: For a party that had just lost its leader and completed a rout from every government in the country for the first time ever, the Liberals were in a remarkably sanguine mood last night. This is without even taking into account the exuberance of the Member for Higgins who was so excited that he told his lot that he would even end up with a swing towards him (unlikely). Liberals were clearly expecting worse. Polls in the run up to the election were indicating a meltdown in their heartland. So the Liberals’ campaign was more aiming to save the party than the government… — The Piping Shrike

The view from the cab: Here’s a couple of clowns last night outside Liberal Party HQ, the Wentworth Hotel, where I couldn’t resist accosting Chas Licciardello for a happy snap. That’ll teach him for lurking around taxi ranks after his earlier stunts. — Cablog: a cabbie’s blog

History repeats: The Bruce-Page government won another term in 1928, but in 1929 Bruce, frustrated by a series of bitter industrial disputes, introduced legislation to dismantle the federal system of industrial arbitration. Hughes led a group of backbenchers who voted against the bill and brought the government down. At the subsequent election Labor won a landslide victory and Bruce lost his own seat – the only Australian Prime Minister to suffer such a fate. — Fair Crack of the Whip

Reality check: Kev – this still holds true: Just because you’re now PM, don’t think we won’t be watching. Because quite a few of us didn’t vote for you as our primary candidate. Remember that. — Election 2007