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The prime minister has announced the Australian election will take place on 3 May with Labor battling to hold off Peter Dutton’s Coalition. (www.theguardian.com)

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Youth issues will be ‘overrepresented’ this election, with baby boomers outnumbered for first time

Dr Intifar Chowdhury, a lecturer in government at Flinders University, spoke with ABC TV earlier about the generational trends on display at this election.

She said millenials and gen Z would outnumber baby boomers for the first time, who are down to 33% of the voting cohort.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

European here: is the labor party in charge not a good thing down under?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Labor are centre/right.
Liberal are right/far-right

Better but not good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It is. IMHO they don't get enough credit for their achievements. The opposition at the moment are insane (nuclear power, Labor tax cuts too small so we'll vote against them ...)