‘What about bigger issues?’: Anthony Albanese questioned about youth policies on Triple J
Anthony Albanese has been grilled about whether he’s listening to the concerns of young people during an interview on Triple J.
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Anthony Albanese been pushed to detail how he’s listening to the concerns of young people on the ABC’s youth radio station Triple J.
The Labor leader appeared on current affairs program Hack on Monday night, where host Dave Marchese said young people were losing faith in politicians.
“They’re anxious about their futures. They’re not seeing major differences between the parties. What are you going to do to rebuild trust with young Australians?” he asked.
“What I’ll do is deliver on the commitments that we’re putting forward,” Mr Albanese said.
“Firstly, we’ll engage with young people directly we’ll create an office of youth affairs in the federal government.
“We’ll create direct consultation with young people and their representatives on that board that will feed into a youth minister.
“This government doesn’t even have a youth minister.”
But Marchese asked him to outline “bigger issues”.
“Sorry, what about some of the bigger issues that are really critically important to young people, because I guess there’s frustration that they’re not being talked about as much this election,” he said.
The ABC host pointed to the fact Labor’s 2030 emissions reduction target of 43 per cent was lower than the 45 per cent it took to the 2019 election.
Mr Albanese said they had “three lost years”.
“What we’ve come up with is good policy,” he said.
“And what that ends up with is a target of 43 per cent by 2030, with a plan for cheaper electric vehicles, a plan for community batteries, a plan to grow renewable energy, a plan to grow new industries.”
Mr Albanese was later asked to commit to a DJ set on Triple J if he was elected as the Prime Minister.
“I’d be more than happy to fill a an entire Hack edition with a DJ set,” he said, chanelling his DJ Albo alter ego.
“I don’t know if we need an entire Hack edition to be honest,” Marchese responded.
Mr Albanese then asked if he could have at least half an hour.
“Come on that’s the deal,” he said.
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