The opinion polls that for the second election in a row again predict doom for a Morrison coalition government also carry a dismal message that has not so far attracted the attention of the media’s political pundits. It is that, whichever party wins the House of Representatives election, voting for the 40 Senate seats up for grabs on May 21 is likely to deliver control of the upper house either into a clutch of political egos with limited or single-issue objectives and no evident policies (or capacity) to deal with the major economic and security issues facing Australia – or...