The seat of Hughes has been subject to all manner of chaos in the lead up to the election, from Craig Kelly's defection to ongoing Liberal party preselection battles -- and now that the election has started, you can add to that a strong challenge from a "teal" independent and a One Nation candidate about as easy to get ahold of as Keyser Söze. Crikey Associate editor Amber Schultz joins Charlie Lewis to discusse last nights Hughes candidates forum, and what it tells us about how things will turn out there.

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