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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery

Young Australians far less likely than parents to shift to right as they age, report finds

Voters at voting boxes
A report from the Centre for Independent Studies predicts young Australians will be far less likely to move to the right politically as they age. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Australians born after 1996 are the most progressive since the second world war, with the Coalition on track to tank in future elections if it can’t appeal to younger voters, a new report claims.

Titled “Generation Left: young voters deserting the right”, and released on Thursday by the Centre for Independent Studies thinktank, the report argues that generation Z adults – those born between 1996 and 2009 – are shaping up to be far less likely than any previous generation to become conservative as they age.

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