We've heard their policies, and seen their election pitches, but what we really want to know about the candidates for the seat of Goulburn is what makes them tick.
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What interests them?
Who are they when they aren't electioneering?
Who is the person behind the candidate, so to speak.
To help us find out about more about them, we asked each of the candidates to tell us five fun facts about themselves, along with their top five books, top five movies, top five TV shows and top five singers or songs.
Here's what Labor candidate Ursula Stephens had to say.
- When I was a student I worked as a receptionist at an undertakers and was told my manner was too cheerful. Left there and got a job singing and playing guitar in a restaurant.
- My father refused to let me sit for my driving test until I demonstrated that I could successfully change a tyre. He didn't want me stranded on a country road.
- On our wedding day, 13th Dec 1975 we set up the booths and delivered booth boxes all the way to Braidwood before driving to Bateman's Bay for the wedding. At the reception we all watched the election results come in...and then got completely plastered.
- I worked intensely with a six year old boy in Tottenham who was selectively mute. After eight months of weekly lessons... his first words were - "don't like lamingtons" and I understand he's never shut up since!
- With the Goulburn Post and Radio 2GN we won a national medal for our project Reading on the Radio, in the International Year of Reading.
Van Morrison - "Days Like This" - always resonates in my head when I'm having a tough one!
Leonard Cohen - "Anthem! " Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in!" Leonard dedicated this song, and the proceeds of the Concert on the Green in Bowral to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal - what a legend!
John Williamson - "Give me a Home Among the Gum Trees" - a perennial favourite when the kids were in the car for a sing along - we wore out a few tapes over the years - and we still burst into song whenever we hear it now!
Katie Noonan - has an amazing voice and a repertoire that covers pop, jazz, rock, dance and opera. I was so privileged to see her perform in the newly restored Cathedral in Dresden with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young - a very memorable night.
Our own Paul Scott-Williams of the GRC - he has such a wonderfully generous and rich voice, and the ability to takes you wherever he wants you to be, when he performs.
George Orwell, 1984: Everybody should read the story of Winston Smith whose job was to make sure that all the news had the government's desired spin on it. Written in 1948 about a future dystopia, it presents a world uncannily like our own.
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis: When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning he discovered he had been turned into a giant beetle. The way people, and Gregor himself, react to his metamorphosis make for a wonderful read.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War: Strategies for the End Game can be applied to business and life, this is a must read for budding politicians!
Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North: Deeply moving and beautifully written.
Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career: A pioneering piece (written in 1901) - just wonderful!
The Usual Suspects: I always love a mixture of intrigue and red herrings, with a good twist at the end - and this one is famous. It introduced me to Kevin Spacey in the '90s and I've been a fan ever since - looking forward to the third season of House of Cards.
The Godfather: I have fond memories of seeing this film with Bob in Goulburn, before we were married. I didn't end up with a horse's head in my bed!
Misery: Kathy Bates brilliantly playing the obsessive, psychotic fan of a bestselling writer. It was written by Stephen King and I suspect it might be based on one of his nightmares: accidentally falling into the clutches of a character whose thoughts and actions were completely unpredictable and terrifying.
Groundhog Day: I can't count the number of times I've found myself thinking "This is just like Groundhog Day" - the movie where Bill Murray's self-absorbed, cocky weatherman Phil Connors finds himself living the same day over and over again. It's everyone's nightmare of being trapped in a deadly routine, but it's a comic nightmare. Phil eventually transforms from an egocentric jerk into a caring and considerate human being. Not a saint - he's still Phil, just a better Phil. As we'd all like to be.
Casablanca: For an old, black and white movie I cant go past Casablanca. Ordinary people (except for the resistance fighter) step up when extraordinary circumstance call for them to do the right thing. Ingrid Bergman portrays a woman who is simultaneously brave and vulnerable, and Humphrey Bogart is a self-contained tough man who knows the difference between cowardice and courage. It's not only moving, it's also visually stunning and I'm glad I've had several opportunities to watch it "as time goes by".
The West Wing: behind the scenes in politics
Tony Robinson's Time Travellers: An archaeological dig into fascinating and just the right bite size pieces of history to fit into a busy life.
The Office: The British one with Ricky Gervais.
Everything by Mr Wildlife himself, David Attenborough
Sea Change: When your life seems to be crumbling away, don't give up - miracles do happen.
Four Corners: Investigative journalism that lets me know things I want to know but which are too often hidden.
And I still feel nostalgic about The Games, Clarke and Dawe's mockumentary about the Sydney Olympics
