New research has revealed persistent barriers that continue to thwart the political ambitions of young women from standing for election.
To slow the rising number of radicalised young Australians, we need to raise the political knowledge of all young people, and empower them to become effective change agents.
Only 38% of Year 10 students reached the benchmark of knowledge on civics and citizenship required for their year level in 2019.
Many of them are voting for the first time in the upcoming federal election, but they're not the homogeneous group we often assume them to be.
Report warns that schools are failing to prepare students to participate in our democracy.
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