Campaign catchup: what if no one wins the election?

Election 2016: as polls remain close the question of a hung parliament comes up again - and earlier outright denials are softening

How about this for an alternate reality? A normal election campaign would be starting today. As it is, welcome to week four - we're nearly, almost, oh-so-close to the halfway mark, and the question of a hung parliament is back on the table.

The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, the treasurer, Scott Morrison, and the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, have weighed in on the hypothetical as poll analysis shows the government could lose up to 16 seats in just three states.