There should be no need for Australians to bother with an election campaign this year as far as the media are concerned; for them, it has already been decided. The Coalition’s preselection “processor”doubles an an energy policy. Many commentators of note, including those on the ABC, have called the race even before the starting gun has been fired and installed Bill Shorten in the Lodge. While business and other lobby groups have begun muting their criticisms of Labor and ingratiating the…