There are 116,495 voters who will decide the fate of Hume at the federal election on Saturday, May 18.
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There are seven candidates who will contest the election.
The Liberal candidate and incumbent Member for Hume and Minister for Energy Angus Taylor holds a 10.2 per cent margin (source: pollbludger.net).
These are your candidates in ballot order.
Labor Party
Aoife Champion was pre-selected and knew the electorate well, having previously run against Mr Taylor in the 2016 Federal Election.
Ms Champion is a lawyer from Camden.
She is particularly keen to cross swords with Mr Taylor on environmental issues.
"The most interesting part is that now Angus is the Minister for Energy it brings the whole environmental conversation to the fore," Ms Champion said.
"This is one of the issues I will be taking up to him because Labor has a clear energy policy.
"We now live in an era where we all have to be promoting renewable energy, and the reality is that in order to have a prosperous future we have to look after the environment.
"It is especially relevant in Hume, where there are so many wind farms and solar farms trying to get up."
She said a major issue to emerge in the backlash from the Wentworth by-election coalition defeat was climate change.
"The lesson for the coalition is that 78 per cent of the electorate were in favour of taking action on climate change and it was one of the major issues that caused people to turn away from the coalition," she said.
Secretary of the Hume Federal Electorate Council Ursula Stephens said Ms Champion has a keen interest in regional development and sees the potential for renewable energy to be part of an exciting mix to assist in regenerating regional communities.
United Australia Party
Lynda Abdo currently resides in Cairns, Queensland, but said she was planning to move to the Hume electorate.
Ms Abdo said she was running for the United Australia Party (UAP) because she was dissatisfied with the major parties and this party had provided some solutions.
"Liberal and Labor policies at the moment are not serving the country.
"Australia needs to improve in a lot of areas such as infrastructure, health and education.
"I sincerely believe in the party's objectives and that is to stimulate growth and the economy."
Ms Abdo said education was becoming "a competitive market where parents seek out the best affordable options for their children".
"All schools should provide a good level of education to ensure fairness within the vast demographics of Australia."
She also had concerns about the health system.
"Most hospitals have issues of under-funding, a lack of staff, facilities and space. Waiting list time-frames have increased for emergencies, surgeries and appointments the health of some Australians has deteriorated as a result of waiting."
She said the rising cost of living was making it difficult for more Australians.
"Overall the cost of living affects one's mental state as well as financial state. If the cost of living became more affordable for those who currently struggle, then we may be able to put a smile back on their faces."
Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party
Discontent over banks' behaviour prompted Boorowa resident Tanya Hargraves to take the plunge into politics.
Ms Hargraves has supported Mr Anning for the past 18 months as a volunteer. When he recently formed his own party, she decided to run as a candidate.
The candidate moved to Boorowa three months ago. Before that, she lived at Yass for eight to nine years. Ms Hargraves also ran a graphic design, publishing and printing business in Canberra for 25 years.
The Hume contest is her first political foray.
Ms Hargraves said she agreed with Mr Anning on immigration.
"We don't have the infrastructure to support more."
Her party supported renewable energy but did not believe in subsidies for the sector. She said if all renewable energy and climate targets were removed, "power prices would be 40 per cent lower than their current level."
She and her party have also argued for a not-for-profit sovereign bank to fund infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and dams, at the same time "rejuvenating" agriculture through natural farming and ensuring the water "didn't run out to sea."
Ms Hargraves believed the Murray Basin plan had been "hijacked" by Green ideology and generally, that farmers had lost too many property and water rights.
Individual freedoms, including on speech, universal home ownership and removal of the means test for aged pensioners are also key policies.
Liberal Party
Angus Taylor said he'd be standing on his record.
"I want to keep fighting for the great outcomes and achievements we've made in Hume," he said.
"We've got record low unemployment here. We've got strong business growth. (A total) 1040 new businesses have started in Hume in 12 months.
"Investment in infrastructure here is in the billions of dollars.
"I've delivered and I want to keep on delivering because this is a great region with great potential.
"This election is the clearest choice for Australians in almost 50 years. It's not just a choice about managing the economy and fixing the Budget; it's a choice about Labor's climate policy, Labor will smash the housing market and impose draconian new restrictions on households and businesses."
Mr Taylor said he'd be fighting for farmers, small businesses and families.
The Greens
David Powell lives in Silverdale, near Warragamba Dam and he currently works as a facility manager for a medical manufacturing company.
He said he has been motivated to run as a candidate because of the government's failure to act on climate change.
"Inaction on climate change shows the major parties care less about future generations and biodiversity than about their own corporate donations.
"Meanwhile, farmers on the front line, especially in Hume, are suffering from the impacts of drought."
He said this is 'the climate change election.'
Independent
This is the first time that Huw Kingston has run for any level of political office.
"The catalyst was the rolling of another Prime Minister in August," Mr Kingston said.
"I was so angry that this occurred, that politicians were playing this game on the public purse and not putting policies in action.
"I look at my beautiful grandkids and wonder what we are leaving for these little ones"
Mr Kingston wants to continue the growth of Hume as a centre for the renewable industry.
"If the people of Hume think it [renewables] has the economic value and the growth of strong business structures within Hume, it has a major role to play, and in the community, not just from the business perspective.
"It is such a big economic contributor: direct jobs; training; and trades."
Having spent 30 years in small business, he wants to make life as easy for business as a federal politician can.
"We have a situation where many large businesses don't pay tax, or small taxes. I would like to see the tax burden reduced in small businesses."
He would also like to further support Landcare.
Christian Democratic Party (CDP) (Fred Nile Group)
Ian Nebauer will run for the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) (Fred Nile Group).
The socially conservative party policies include support the sustainable use of the environment, proper conservation and to ensure biodiversity. The party also wants a review on government charges on land developments and says the housing affordability crisis is due to private developers. It wants to focus on home affordability.
- Mr Nebauer did not respond in time for publication