Candidates fall before election day

Seven candidates have been disendorsed, and one has been referred to police, since the starting gun was fired on the federal election campaign.

Source: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

FEDERAL ELECTION'S EX-CANDIDATES

GONE

* Jeremy Hearn (Liberal, Isaacs) - Facebook slur against Muslims

* Murray Angus (Liberal, Corio) - friendly comments about Labor candidate

* Kate Oski (Liberal, Lalor) - citizenship doubts

* Vaishali Ghosh (Liberal, Wills) - citizenship doubts

* Helen Jackson (Liberal, Cooper) - public servant

* Steve Dickson (One Nation, Queensland Senate) - strip club scandal

* Wayne Kurnoth (Labor, NT Senate) - offensive social media posts

QUESTION MARK

* Rod Culleton (Great Australian Party, WA Senate) - referred to federal police over an alleged false statement denying his bankruptcy