The generation that floods to pro-Palestinian marches and advocates on social media for open hearts and borders has this week delivered a stinging rebuke to politicians who smugly thought they were in the bag.
According to a new poll by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), 74 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds now support a “temporary pause” on immigration.
That is a 24-point jump in just 12 months, according to the survey of 1,007 people, conducted by Dynata on September 13 to 14 this year.
Bleeding hearts and affection for pronouns aside, these young Aussies have woken up to a reality they have previously criticised the so-called cranky old boomers for.
Labelled them racist for daring to question migration, even.
These Gen Zs have decided they would quite like a roof over their own he