A record 1717 candidates are standing in this year's federal election and little is known about the many representing minor parties.
In some states there are so many senate candidates that senate ballot papers have more than 100 candidates to choose from.
While the major parties' policies generate extensive media coverage, the smaller parties' policies are largely unknown.
Their many causes range from smoking to sports.
James Jansson, leader of the Future Party, said his party was the only political group in Australia focused on science and technology.
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He said the idea to form a party was born after countless discussions at his sharehouse.
"A group of my friends used to talk politics and philosophy around the dinner table quite often and we thought we should do something about it, and I just sat there and wrote a 10,000 word policy on all these different areas," he said.
Leader of the Animal Justice Party, Kate Vickers, said her party stood alone as the only one fully committed to ending animal cruelty.
"Top of our priority is to ban live export," she said.
"In addition to that, we're really keen to see the end of animal testing...research on animals particularly for cosmetics."
For more on the minor parties and how you can vote for them, watch the full report above.
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