Goodbye 45th parliament, you were strange

There was a fist fight, a bloody door, extramarital affairs and a constitutional crisis. And that’s not all that happened.

The strangest moments from the 45th Parliament. Source: AAP

As Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the federal election on Thursday, Australians farewelled the 45th parliament and one of the most chaotic, and at times, strangest chapters in political history.

Here are some of the most memorable moments.

When Australia was embroiled in a dual citizenship crisis

It all started when a very avid lover of the Australian constitution from Perth sent then-Greens senator Scott Ludlam a note to say the politician may have been ineligible to be elected to parliament because he was also a Kiwi.

 

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