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2 August 2026

'Things are screwed anyway, why try?' Youth voter enrolment rate plummets

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'Things are screwed anyway, why try?' Youth voter enrolment rate plummets

Victoria University students say they and their peers feel apathetic, ambivalent and nihilistic about politics.

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