Doctors would not hand either party a majority if the election was up to them, and they aren’t impressed with any of the health policies on offer.

An Australian Doctor survey suggests that GPs do not like either of the major party’s healthcare manifestos, with none getting a positive rating from most of the specialty.

Readers were even more gloomy about the commitments for general practice, although the offerings from the Coalition and Greens rated slightly higher than Labor’s.

One commented: “Both are terrible, no investment in primary care. Instead they are throwing good money after bad by spending on the bottomless pit of hospital.”