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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Josh Nicholas, Nick Evershed, Khaled Al Khawaldeh and Johanna Lewis

Revealed: how the top issues voters care about are not getting aired in election campaign

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media at a press conference
While voters’ number one issue, cost of living, has been given considerable attention, other concerns have received far less coverage. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Surveys consistently show that aged care, climate change and education are among voters’ top concerns this federal election. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it by watching politicians’ press conferences or reading some media coverage.

A Guardian Australia analysis of election issues shows that while voters’ number one issue of cost of living has been given significant political and media attention, other issues that voters care about appear to have been neglected.

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