Bulman, a remote Aboriginal community of about 300 people in the red soils of central Arnhem Land is a long way from Canberra, and at least one voter feels it's out of sight and out of mind of the nation's leaders.
On Monday, the Australian Electoral Commission launched remote polling, and over the next two weeks 38 teams will travel to more than 400 communities around the country that have 10 or more enrolled voters to make sure they can be counted in July 2's federal election.
In Bulman, teacher Annette Miller is one of 130 enrolled voters trickling in to the polling centre, and said it's the same old thing.
"There's a lot of promises made by both parties, the ALP and CLP," she told reporters.
"We're dealing with the number game they play in communities; we're such a small community and we miss out on a lot of things."
Bulman sits in the vast seat of Lingiari, held by long-time Labor MP Warren Snowdon, but a protest vote in 2013 as a result of ongoing rebranded intervention policies means the seat is now marginal, and is being challenged by Mataranka pastoralist Tina MacFarlane for the Country Liberals.
But Ms Miller says none of the candidates has visited the community.
Housing, health and education are top concerns, and she says residents are still reeling from the effects of the 2007 intervention, enacted by the coalition and extended by Labor. It stripped indigenous communities of a lot of autonomy.
She said she wishes the politicians would put money into areas where people are being neglected.
"Every year is the same when we talk about promises given by the ALP and the CLP but it's never changing, it's always the same.
"My message is: don't forget that Aboriginal people that live out in the communities should be as equal as everyone else around Australia."
The job of volunteer information officer Jerry Martin is to be a familiar face, helping community members understand how to vote, verbally if necessary, as part of a push by the AEC to increase voter turnout in indigenous communities.
Mr Martin says that when he's voting, he thinks his vote makes a difference.
"When I'm filling out them sort of paper I reckon they are listening out there, them politicians," he said.
