An National Seniors survey asked older Australians if there were any issues affecting younger people that they were particularly concerned about. In total 2794 people answered the question by writing a text comment. We identified ten issues mentioned by a notable percentage of those surveyed.
The issue mentioned most frequently was concern about unemployment rates, job security, employment pay and conditions, and welfare benefits for people seeking work. Almost one third of respondents (31%) mentioned such topics. Three other issues were mentioned by over one fifth of respondents: housing affordability and other costs of living (27%), drug and alcohol use (23%), and education access and standards (20%).
The six other major issues we identified were violence, crime and lack of discipline and respect (14%), personal technology and social media use (14%), mental health and resilience (counted separately but discussed together; 10% and 6% respectively), climate change (9%), bad parenting (7%) and physical health and wellbeing (3%). Many respondents mentioned several issues, not just one.
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