The Palmer united Party is a good indicator
of 'Independents' to come.
The monopolisation of generalisation and mediocre mainstream via Coalition/ALP is coming to an end.
The 'Middle-Class' Egalitarian way of Australia's 'Golden Era'
of boring nothingness these last 200 years will fall away
with the Union Jack back to the UK.

Australia will fracture into many 'Palmer-like' United Parties, all pushing the own 'specific' Agendas of power and in time, these Parties will form the basis for 'NATIONS' to be born in Australia. Think of Yugoslavia, rather than a 'unification' from many into one - like the UK.

There will be nations like Riverina, Capricornia, Wimmera, etc. 
Afterall - remember when going to Victoria was like going into another nation: Trams, traffic rules, football code and more - were all 'different' to other States. The people are still 'weird' though 
Generalisation and Bi-Partisan (Coles/Woolworths & Libs/ALP) monopolisations have choked this part of the world to becoming nothing more than a Business, rather than a Population growth.