Sick of the manipulative, increasingly policy-free barrage of major party negative advertising in the race to the August 21 Australian federal election? Here are some antidotes:

First, check out the table below comparing the policies of Socialist Alliance with that of the Greens, ALP and Liberals: Policy comparison from Left to Right compiled by Dick Nichols.

Second, have a look at the independent Vote Climate survey on which parties the best policy on on climate change.

Third, challenge your friends and family to use the independently created Vote-o-matic to see which party they actually should support in this elections. They may be surprised at the results.

2010 Federal Election Policy Comparison