Did that really happen? The wild ride that was the 2019 Australian election

Guardian Australia looks back on the gaffes, brush-offs and downright nasty punch-ups over five weeks of the 2019 federal election campaign. As the major parties wrestled for voters' attention, it was the United Australia party that proved impossible to ignore. Clive Palmer's outfit seemed to coat every surface in lemon yellow. Satirical superhero Captain GetUp flew in early – a baffling plant by conservative group Advance Australia sent to 'uncover' the radical nature of GetUp – but didn't last the distance. Ultimately it all came down to a question that has probably never popped up in an Australian election campaign before: who goes to hell?

Guardian Australia looks back on the gaffes, brush-offs and downright nasty punch-ups over five weeks of the 2019 federal election campaign. As the major parties wrestled for voters' attention, it was the United Australia party that proved impossible to ignore. Clive Palmer's outfit seemed to coat every surface in lemon yellow. Satirical superhero Captain GetUp flew in early – a baffling plant by conservative group Advance Australia sent to 'uncover' the radical nature of GetUp – but didn't last the distance. Ultimately it all came down to a question that has probably never popped up in an Australian election campaign before: who goes to hell?

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