The Greens candidate for Canning is hoping to offer an alternative to what he describes as the “dumb and dumber politics” of the major parties at the upcoming federal election.
Aeron Blundell-Camden, who is currently studying law but was a psychologist at a local high school, said people had grown disillusioned with both the Liberal and Labor parties.
“Many people are very disillusioned with what they see, whether it’s Rudd-Gillard-Rudd or Abbott-Turnbull, it's dumb and dumber two-party politics,” he said.
“They are much of a muchness, but both sides are having an identity crisis.”
Mr Blundell-Camden said the Greens were about more than the environment, and had developed a range of policies for the election.
“As time has gone on, a party that wants to win government and be a legitimate force needs to have positions on a number of different areas,” he said.
“We've kept our values as a core, but we're more than just a one issue party.”
But the major parties seldom said what they believed, Mr Blundell-Camden said.
“I don't think they are necessarily sticking to their core values,” he said.
“Both parties are acting like businesses now, and offering to consumers whatever it is they want rather than being true to their product.
“Politics is not the same as business.”
In particular, Mr Blundell-Camden criticised Labor politicians such Penny Wong, a gay senator from South Australia, who recently opposed gay marriage before changing her mind.
“She had to toe the party line and fervently opposed gay marriage and when the party embedded marriage equality in their platform, all of a sudden she was a fervent supporter,” he said.
“Because our policies are coming from the right place, there's no ambiguity, no real division there.”
Once a member of the Labor party, Mr Blundell-Camden said he left after becoming disillusioned.
“This is one of the things that concerns me about the Labor party, there is a lot of pragmatism focusing on votes,” he said.
"I don't think they are necessarily sticking to their core values.”
Mr Blundell-Camden also defended Greens leader Richard di Natale, who had come under fire for failing to declare a $2.3 million property and paying au pairs $187 a week in wages, plus board worth $300 a week.
“There's been misinformation around that, from what I've been told Richard did declare his property on a number of occasions at the appropriate times,” he said.
“In relation to the au pairs, he paid them above minimum wage, and there were calculations made based on the weekly payments made to the nannies based on a 40-hour-week, but they were actually working a 25-hour-week.”