Hewson's View: Messages from Millennials and Gen Z

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:31am, first published May 23 2019 - 7:00pm
Growing influence: These young voters in Warringah are worried about climate change and helped oust Tony Abbott. Millennials and Gen Z will have a bigger influence in coming elections. From left: Izzy Williams, Sita Paling, Clio Doughty and Madison Lawrence. Photo: Peter Braig.
Growing influence: These young voters in Warringah are worried about climate change and helped oust Tony Abbott. Millennials and Gen Z will have a bigger influence in coming elections. From left: Izzy Williams, Sita Paling, Clio Doughty and Madison Lawrence. Photo: Peter Braig.

They say that our future is our youth. In politics, the youth vote is certainly becoming increasingly important. In the recent federal election, many more young people voted for the first time, many as a result of having signed up for the same-sex marriage postal survey. Be ready, the youth vote is going to have a significant impact on the policy agenda of governments, and therefore on the substance and direction of political campaigns.

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