Group of Aussies bucking world trend

Australian workers are bucking an emerging world trend and are sticking with the current Prime Minister, new figures show.

Young Australian men are bucking a world trend and are more likely to vote for Anthony Albanese.

According to survey data of 2113 workers from the ACTU, 66 per cent of young men aged between 18-24 agree that “Anthony Albanese is acting in the best interest of working men”.

At the same time women aged between 18 to 25 also showed the strongest support of any group in trusting the Albanese government to act in the best interest of “working women”, “all workers” and “young workers”.

Australian Prime Minister is surprisingly wining the young male vote. Picture: Mark Stewart / NewsWire

The survey data comes in stark contrast to international trends of young men aligning with right-winged parties, including a huge swing in the United States helping US President Donald Trump win office.

According to AP VoteCast, more than half of men under the age of 30 supported right winged US President Donald Trump, led by white men, which around 6 in 10 voted republican.

The same group voted for the left wing Democratic Party when Joe Biden won office four years earlier.

The trend has also been seen in elections held in Germany, the United Kingdom and South Korea.

In Germany Pew research showed 26 per cent of German men had a positive view to the far right AfD party compared with just 11 per cent of women, and the share of men holding this opinion had jumped from 10 per cent in 2022.

ACTU president Michele O’Neil said young people are having a major influence in election outcomes around the world, so understanding who they trust in an election is important.

“Men aged under 25 stand out as the group most likely to believe that the Prime Minister will act in the interests of working men,” Ms O’Neil said.

“That’s significant when right-wing political parties in other countries have tapped into the economic frustrations of these workers to make gains in elections.”

According to the union, the results of their polling suggests the Albanese government is positioning well on workers rights, higher wages, job security and investments in free TAFE and apprenticeships.

The figures come as the latest ABS figures show youth unemployment or those aged between 15-24 held steady over the month of March at 9.0 per cent.

This follows a bounce in youth employment by 9,500 in February to 2,189,000.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail in Western Australia. Picture: Mark Stewart / NewsWire

Both parties have announced policies around training and education.

The Albanese Labor Government said it has established fee-free TAFE, aimed at funding around 100,000 students from 2027, building on the 300,000 places over three years from 2024.

As part of its housing initiative, Coalition leader Peter Dutton says his government will set a target of 400,000 apprentices and trainees in training, and provide new incentives for small and medium businesses to hire and train an apprentice or trainee.

Queensland Council of Unions general secretary Jacqueline King said the largest polling shows young workers, especially men, are seeing through the election noise to who is actually delivering for them.

“In Queensland and across the country, young people are backing job security, wage growth, and showing real support for Fee Free TAFE and apprenticeships delivered under the Albanese Government,” Ms King said.

“While we’ve seen rising support for the far right overseas, Australian young men instead are backing stronger rights at work and a government that’s interested and investing in their future. That’s good news for workers, and it’s good news for democracy.

Separate data released by Newspoll showed Labor firmed slightly during the third week of the election campaign, but on a two-party preferred vote figures remained unchanged at 52-48 per cent.