THERE is just over a week before voters across the country's 150 electorates go to the polls.
In Bowman there are five candidates for the lower house and two people with ties to Redland city running for the senate.
Redistributions and retirements mean the Turnbull Government goes into the double-dissolution election with 89 seats, Labor 57 and four crossbenchers.
Bowman is held by the LNP's Andrew Laming, who first won the seat in 2004 and holds it with an 8 per cent margin.
Mr Laming has been criticised for the government's ill-fated promises of a rollout of the NBN and for attracting major funding for roads and infrastructure.
Mr Laming said the NBN rollout was on target for completion across the city by year's end and said some southern suburbs already had fast broadband.
His achievements include challenging Tony Abbott over Medicare co-payments and pushing for cruise ship liners and tankers to clean up their mess.
He is being challenged by the ALP's Kim Richards, who is pushing education reform. The Greens’ Brad Scott is passionate about sustainable businesses.
Family First's Brett Saunders said he was willing to work with whichever party holds the balance of power and the Australian Liberty Alliance's Tony Duncan is a conservative who wants to curb immigration
In the upper house, the government has 33 seats and needs six extra votes to pass legislation.
Two of the 122 candidates for Queensland’s 12 Senate seats have strong ties with Redland City.
Wellington Point's Ludy Sigrist will have his second tilt at a senate position after unsuccessfully running for in 2013. The father of two will run for the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group).
Former Capalaba Karin Hanbidge, who ran Supershots Photographic and Camera Shop at Capalaba for 21 years, will stand for the newly formed Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party.
The mother of three adult sons grew up in Brisbane and said she wanted a national public register of convicted sex offenders.
She said she also advocated for justice in sentencing, bail, parole and domestic violence reform.
You can cast your vote ahead of election day on Saturday. For details of polling stations before and on Saturday, go to RedlandCityBulletin.com.au
