People under 35 have been largely overlooked during the Queensland state election campaign, according to a Griffith University expert on millennials and youth affairs.
Jerath Head, a research assistant with Griffith’s Policy Innovation Hub and the assistant editor of the Griffith Review, says the key issues that matter to younger voters haven’t received due attention in the lead-up to this weekend’s election.
“If you look at policies, in terms of the campaigns, there’s not really anything that resonates particularly with a lot of young people,” he said.
“A lot of it is directed at regions; there’s hardly any focus on employment and employability for young people.”
“Increasingly, these policies look at employment for older people and don’t necessarily address the specific issues of being younger.”
This sense of younger voters being left behind is not unique to this campaign, Head said; the under-35 demographic has historically been perceived to be treated as an afterthought too.
“Young
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