Could a politician from Australia help usher in the far right in Italy?

Italian electoral candidates have spent the past six weeks in Australia discussing healthcare, strong borders and the importance of cultural exchanges between the two countries, in an effort to win the votes of Italian-Australians.

But this time round, things are different.

Brothers of Italy espouses traditional family values, has roots in neofascism and last week was forced to oust a candidate for praising Hitler.

He shrugged off the suggestion the Brothers of Italy supports fascism and said Meloni did the right thing by booting out a pro-Hitler candidate.

When the votes are counted on Monday evening Australia time, Cassari will likely be asleep but he has friends who will be acting as election scrutineers in Naples.

The overseas electorates have previously played a key role in the formation of Italian governments, most notably in 2006 when they provided the centre-left coalition with a slim majority.

Battiston said Cassari is the only far-right politician in with a chance, but that the electorate favours candidates from the centre left.

Nelli has watched the candidates perform over the past six weeks, even hosting the official debate. He says the big issues are universal healthcare, teaching Italian abroad and economic ties between the two countries.

The incumbent senator for the PD, 64-year-old Francesco Giacobbe, has been in parliament for two terms and is seeking his third.

He spends about 41 weeks of the year in Rome and the rest visiting his constituents across the AAOA. When he can, he flies home to Sydney to see his wife, children and two new grandchildren.

Giacobbe has spent the past six weeks flying around the country, campaigning in Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.