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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Nicholas Data journalist

Australians aren’t joining in any more – and it appears to be having big political consequences

Australians are not joining or taking part in local sports clubs, religious organisations or political parties at the previous rate
Australians are not joining or taking part in local sports clubs, religious organisations or political parties at the previous rate. Photograph: John Rensten/Getty Images

Australians, like many around the world, seem to be becoming more civically and politically detached. We don’t join or participate in local sports clubs, religious organisations or political parties at anything like the rate we used to.

And this atomisation appears to be having political consequences – final polling in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum showed large differences in voting intention by whether people were a member of social and civic organisations.

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