Sex Party candidate Deborah Avery wants to see the return of ''the traditional family bonfire night'' and for the ACT to receive two extra senators in the Federal Parliament.

With 13 years' experience running the online adult accessory store The Pleasure Box, the 44-year-old said she was a reluctant candidate. She is studying to be a sex and relationship counsellor.

''Politics is something I would have never considered,'' she said. ''I'm very politically naive and I'm not media trained so don't have the thick skin I think you need in politics.''

Decrying the standard of Australia's parliamentarians, Ms Avery said more ''everyday people'' should be sent to Canberra.

''They are so scripted and groomed that they probably don't fart without being advised about whether there is possible voter backlash.''

Promising a 100 per cent commonsense platform, Ms Avery called for the ACT's ban on plastic bags to be overturned and believes public sector job losses from the Liberal and Labor parties are a threat to small business.

''Last time I looked Coles and Woolworths weren't struggling to pay their shareholders,'' she said.

''Bring back bags - this time biodegradable ones, and give customers the choice on what they want to use.''

The party's traditional platform includes a call to tax religious institutions in the ACT, to legalise euthanasia and gay marriage, and to stop the retention of individuals' online data.

The Sex Party also calls for the regulation allowing the sale of marijuana with taxation.

Ms Avery believes her experience running an unusual small businesses will be an asset to her campaign and the people of the ACT.

''I don't walk around with a dildo on my head, but I don't hide my business either.

''Most people I meet assume I'm a librarian, secretary or teacher. I think most people will be more surprised I'm in politics, rather than the party that I'm running with.''

Sex Party president Fiona Patten said young people in the ACT were unnecessarily being sent to jail and receiving criminal records for buying and selling marijuana.

''The ACT needs to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana so that it can be produced by professional growers and be sold through regulated age-restricted premises,'' she said.

She estimated the ACT economy would be boosted by about $1 billion a year through a tax on marijuana.

Ms Avery said she was gaining confidence as a first-time candidate. ''I'm not shy generally - I stand in front of groups of women talking about orgasms, so can't be that introverted.''