Our submission to the Victorian Youth Strategy

In 2020, we responded to the open consultation for the Victorian Youth Strategy to put political participation of young people on the Government agenda.

#NotTooYoungToRun for Local Council

📢 Here's one way you can get involved right now. We’ve launched a directory of all the young people being brave and trying to change the status quo of politics. Check out all the young candidates running in the 2020 Victorian Local Council Elections here.

Meet the candidates

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This may or may not surprise you but in Victoria, the majority of local councillors are males aged over 46 years old.

In fact, the number of councillors aged over 76 is increasing, whilst the number aged under 25 is decreasing. (Source: MAV Councillor Census)

With Victorian Local Council Elections coming up this year, we are on a mission to change things.

Getting young Australians Elected