Easing the cost of living and making it more attainable for young people to buy a house will be the deciding factors for some young voters on October 26.
Young voters make up a tenth of Queensland ers heading to the ballot box. These are the issues that are important to them this electionYoung voters make up a tenth of Queensland ers heading to the ballot box. These are the issues that are important to them this electionBrisbane university student Lauren Bartholomew feels like her "future's been taken away" as she dips into her savings for day-to-day expenses.
Miss Bartholomew and her partner live in a share house in Brisbane with six housemates paying up to $440 a week to cover rent and bills."Considering the Labor party hasn't delivered on many of the housing policies that they put forward last election, I'm not hopeful I'll ever own a home," she said. Katter's Australian Party says it will attempt to wind back abortion laws "quick as you like" with a repeal bill."It terrifies me as a young woman that in the 21st century this is still up for debate and we’re transgressing."For Carlos Atme, owning a small business and studying full-time is always front and centre when it comes to deciding who to vote for.
"We'd like to see the infrastructure needed to be built take precedent and not in 10 years time. This next four year term will be important to see how these issues are addressed.For Christian Lane-Krebs, who lives in the Central Queensland electorate of Burnett, he wants to see policies that help "keep rural and regional Australians in rural and regional Australia".
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