Bob Brown is admittedly homosexual, but what that has to do with anything I do not know. He has proven to have integrity and acted honestly and with dignity throughout his career. I believe John Howard is heterosexual, I wonder what effect that had on his decisions... 
Who gives a eff. As far as making your missus vote for who you want her to Bushranger, how the eff can you do that? Voting is supposed to be done in a booth by yourself so she should be able to cast her vote without your interference at the end of the day right? Unless I blinked and I am in Afghanistan and you walk around with your hand on the back of her neck.. The funny thing is there were some good Liberal leaders, honest blokes with integrity who stood up for what their party really meant, but they got screwed over. Malcom Frasier was one of them. The Liberal party has become a cynical, right wing mob who openly oppresses working class people. If you own a business or are involved in big business, they are your friend, if not your a mug to vote for them, simple. Labor in reality are not much better. They have betrayed a large chunk of their traditional supporter base and this has gone over to the Greens party. The liberal party also helped create the downfall of the Democrats. All the Demo's have gone over to the Greens and swelled there ranks and they did have some seasoned campaigners in there ranks. The Greens now have effectively doubled in size and power. They are not to be sniffed at and have picked up union support and funding that traditionally went to Labor. This has infuriated Labor but Labor kept shafting them on issues and tried to play hardball too many times.
As a small business owner I cant quite agree with the part about the libs being my friend. Both major political parties, but in particular the libs, will always look primarily to the interests of big business, often at the expense of small business. Just look at how many family businesses and farms have disappeared, to be replaced by a small number of large corporations in the last 50 years.
On top of that, what the liberal party will always try to do is screw the working man and woman. When the average Joe has less disposable income, it is the small business who eventually lose out, as this is where their income mainly comes from.
Besides that I agree with your sentiments.
The best policy is;
"Don't vote - it only encourages the bastards"
