Cast a cynical eye over the fomenting enthusiasm for Legislative Assembly alternatives and one could reasonably conclude Labor's adversaries have given up on winning by the current rules and are looking for ways to flip the table.
But it points to something real: a deepening sense of malaise that now hangs over the territory government. Halfway to the next election, the political and government scene has a stagnant, dusty air about it, a place in need of sunshine.
