Gen Z aren’t voting left or right, they want to smash the system
It’s not that young constituents are embracing xenophobia or reactionary politics. But as economic insecurity and inequality grow, they will take a chance on anyone who may destroy the status quo.
The election will be a ballot of many firsts and a last. Anthony Albanese is seeking to become the first prime minister since John Howard in 1998 to be re-elected to serve a second term. If successful, he will join Labor heroes Gough Whitlam (1974) and Bob Hawke (1984) as the only federal ALP leader to do so after taking the party out of opposition.
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Nick Dyrenfurth is the executive director of the John Curtin Research Centre.
