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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

What happens if there is a hung parliament: how would independents approach talks and what is non-negotiable?

Helen Haines, Rebekha Sharkie, Zali Steggall and Andrew Wilkie
Independent candidates and crossbench MPs answer questions about what happens if there is a hung parliament. Pictured: independent MPs Helen Haines, Rebekha Sharkie, Zali Steggall and Andrew Wilkie. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Less than two weeks out from election day, the prospect of a hung parliament remains very real.

Such an eventuality would thrust successful independent and crossbench MPs into the spotlight as kingmakers, much as it did in 2010.

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