GREENS candidate for Bullwinkel Abbey Bishop says she’ll be able to claim two feats if she wins: she will be the first member for the seat of Bullwinkel and the youngest woman to be elected to federal parliament.

“I think it would be so inspiring for other young women like me who don’t see their voice represented,” Ms Bishop said.

“The majority of voters are young women like me and young men who are in my age group.

“I think it’s really time that we see that change in who’s actually running for parliament.”

Ms Bishop said she knows she’s up against tough competition but she’s excited and hopes to win.

“I don’t have as many signs as all the others, or I don’t have TV advertising, but you know, I’m putting my all into it.

“I love talking to people about what’s going on in their lives.”

Throughout her campaign, Ms Bishop said residents were most concerned with cost of living and the live export ban.

Ms Bishop said she supports ending the cruel practice of live export but there hadn’t been enough community consultation on the matter.

“I don’t think there’s been enough promise on the side of what happens after the ban, and I think that’s where the Greens plan differs.

“No one will be left behind.

“We really want to make sure that everyone is taken care of and that everyone has a job to go to after the ban.”

Ms Bishop said the Greens would open six free health clinics in every electorate.

“People are skipping going to the doctor or the dentist because it costs too much.”

This would be funded by closing tax loopholes, which she said currently allowed big companies to avoid paying tax.

She said the clinics would be staffed with GPs, dentists, nurses and psychologists.

Ms Bishop said she would push to abolish all HECS debt and make TAFE and university education free for future students.

“When a lot of our politicians went to uni for free, it’s just not fair.

“So many more people could go to uni if they knew that they weren’t going to be saddled with this, on average, $25,000 debt that could stop them from buying a house.

“People want to go to uni or TAFE and get that higher education but people can’t justify accruing all that debt.”

Ms Bishop said she has always been passionate about politics.

“I grew up in a house where it was always a discussion that we had and we were always talking about different things that happened in the news.”

She described her dad as a diehard liberal voter in his 20s but today, she said he has door-knocked on thousands of doors for the Greens.

“It’s a lesson that people can change.

“People can be convinced.”

By door-knocking and having conversations with people, Ms Bishop hoped to show people there’s an option outside of the major parties.

“An option that really does care about the community.”