A new “Gen Z Party” has emerged in Australia, claiming their generation has been “sacrificed” by baby boomers while calling for the “fossils” in government to go.
The group claims Australia is “sleepwalking toward climate catastrophe” because both the major centre-left Labor and centre-right Liberal Party have “failed us and our planet.”
In a post on X, they allege the “boomers in government” have failed them, prompting them to unite to create a Gen Z Party.
The dramatic footage includes multiple photos of former Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison and also a photo of current Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The video goes on to state how the baby boomer generation received free university, could buy a home, and were now sacrificing the planet.
“We have no representation in government. The Gen Z Party is here to change that,” they said.
In addition, the group wants to use profits from exporting coal to make electricity free and fund the transition to clean energy. Among their other policies are for student debt to be cancelled, tax breaks for under 25s, and drug decriminalisation.
“We are meant to be the future. Are we to be pioneers or indebted slaves? It is impossible to gain a foothold in this economy while labouring under student debt that will take decades to pay off,” the Gen Z student debt platform said.
“We should never have had to pay for our university degrees. The COVID lockdowns ruined the benefits of university. Now nearly three million of us owe around 24,000 in study debt. We are here to fix this.”
The Gen Z team also called for influencers with “more than 10,000 followers” on social media to stand for Parliament.
“Should we win, you will be able to represent your followers in parliament—and earn between $159,122 and $211,250 each year,” the group said, in reference to the pay scales of MPs.
Nuclear Campaigner Backs Gen Z’s Nuclear Push
Will Shackel, the founder and student-activist at Nuclear for Australia, latched onto Gen Z’s support for nuclear energy, in a post to X.“The new Gen Z Party supports nuclear energy. Young people are open to all clean solutions to climate change including nuclear energy. It is time more political parties realised that.”
At the time, shadow Climate Change and Energy Minister Ted O'Brien said Australia had “foolishly isolated itself” from AUKUS allies and 20 other countries.
Close allies, the United States and the United Kingdom, were among the 22 nations that signed the support for nuclear.
The Gen Z Party platform states it will fight for the majority of electricity to be from “clean and nuclear sources, as in China, the United States, India and France.”
Registering A Political Party In Australia
To register a party for the federal election, a political party must meet multiple eligibility requirements.These include having at least 1,500 party members who are on the electoral roll, and not relied on by another party.
If a party already has a senator or MP in the House of Representatives in the Parliament, they do not require a membership list of more than 1,500 members.
The group said it plans to register itself in every Australian state.
