“Liberals from across the country gathered in Canberra for the annual federal council meeting on Saturday, the first since the fall of the Coalition government at the 2022 federal election.”
“Dutton told the council the Liberal party was doing the leg work to offer Australians a clear choice at the next election. He said a threat to liberalism in Australia was the lack of housing affordability. “If young people can’t accumulate capital, they’re unlikely to have much fondness for capitalism,” he said.” “By extension, if people can’t realise their aspiration to buy and own their own home, they’re unlikely to have much faith in liberalism and so they look elsewhere.”
APH research here https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2022/April/Voting_patterns_by_generation
Looks like they are starting to understand that not providing the younger generations, with equivalent opportunities of the older generations, is going to provoke resentment. Making it easier for the younger demographic to take massive loans isn’t really going to fix the problem though. Affordable means either making housing less expensive and therefore less valuable, or increasing wages. Neither major party wants to pursue a path of lowering housing value due to the fraction of their voter base that has a vested interest in keeping value high.
Both are again committed to the line the high wage increase cause inflation.
Isn’t going to be easily resolved.
The LNP are seen as the boomer party and it’s going to be difficult for them to shake that. Plus making houses more affordable and helping those who are struggling under capitalism doesn’t really mesh with their whole vibe. Conserving capital and distributing capital more equally are somewhat mutually exclusive.
oh shit, is Minister Potato Head becoming self aware?
It would be interesting to see the Liberal party pivot to something that could attract younger voters.
I don’t think it’s possible, ScoMo in particular was a “God’s chosen” sort of capitalist, Turnbull was smart enough to realise he was in the right place at the right time to get lucky, Dutton used insider information to build his child care empire.
The thing they all have in common is their belief that the “right” people get rich through hard work and that poor people obviously aren’t religious or lucky or devious enough.
My kids and their friends have grown up watching us struggle with 2 jobs, whilst their grandparents blow money like it doesn’t matter.
They know something has happened, even if they don’t know what it is yet.
They’re not going to vote for further tax and service cuts.
