During the course of the 2010 federal election campaign, the United Nations Youth Association sent out a Global Citizenship Survey seeking responses from Australia’s major political parties on the burning issues of Australian foreign policy and engagement with international law. We similarly sent out a Youth Issues Survey to a select group of candidates from the Australian Labor Party, the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Greens.
'The Global Citizenship Survey consisted of 10 Yes/No questions with an opportunity for political parties to justify each response,' said Nuwan Dias, UNYA's Federal Election Campaign Manager. 'The survey enabled a critique of the present Labor Government's performance on global issues. To ensure fairness, the survey was also sent to the Australian Labor Party in pursuit of their justification for their performance.'
'The Youth Issues Survey consisted of 9 Yes/No questions. Whilst the surveys were sent out to individual candidates, the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Greens provided collective responses on behalf of their candidates. We are anticipating further responses from individual Australian Labor Party candidates throughout the election campaign.'
UNYA would like to thank all of the respondents for their overwhelming support in completing these surveys. We also wish to thank the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition who were instrumental in drafting the questions for the Youth Issues Survey. We will make every effort to continue to post additional responses from participants as we receive them.
To view the results of the poll, please choose from the links below:
Global Citizenship (ALP)
Global Citizenship (FAMILY FIRST)
Global Citizenship (GREENS)
Global Citizenship (LIBERALS)
Youth Issues (ALP)
Youth Issues (LIBERALS)
Youth Issues (GREENS)
Media Contact:
Anthony Antioch
National Vice-President (Policy)
United Nations Youth Association of Australia
Phone: +61 (0)434 891 127
Email: vppolicy@unya.org.au
Electoral Ambassadors from the United Nations Youth Association's COUNT ME IN! Project are racing against time to get their peers on to the electoral roll before it closes at 8pm today.
The Australian Electoral Commission estimates 1.4 million eligible Australians aren’t enrolled to vote, one third of whom are aged 18-24.
COUNT ME IN! is a nation-wide campaign run by the United Nations Youth Association (UNYA), aiming to enrol as many young people as possible in the short window before the rolls are closed. UNYA Electoral Ambassadors in each state and territory are racing to see how many young people they can get to enrol to vote, or update their details, before it is too late.
‘Many young people don’t know they are not enrolled. COUNT ME IN!
Ambassadors are getting their peers on the roll in time to exercise their democratic right to vote,' said Nicky Vreugdenhil, President of the United Nations Youth Association of Australia (UNYA).
Since the campaign was launched on Friday by Minister for Youth Kate Ellis,
Shadow Minister for Youth Steve Ciobo and Greens Spokesperson for Youth
Sarah Hanson-Young, UNYA Electoral Ambassadors have been on the the ground from Cairns to Broome to Launceston, and a variety of locations in between.
'From Charles Sturt University in Bathurst to Murray Bridge Youth Centre in
South Australia, UNYA's COUNT ME IN! Ambassadors are helping young people navigate the enrolment forms, and making sure they are correctly enrolled,' explained Mr Vreugdenhil.
'Our main message now that time is of the essence. Getting on the roll is the way to be counted in this election, and there is only a matter of hours remaining to do this'.
COUNT ME IN! Ambassadors will deliver the enrolment forms they have collected to AEC offices by 8pm tonight.
A focus of the campaign has been to raise awareness of the deadlines for enrolment and the importance of enrolling to vote. COUNT ME IN! has been promoted through social media networks including Facebook and Twitter, and the United Nations Youth Association says it is committed to continuing to raise the profile of electoral enrolment after the campaign concludes and even beyond the August 21 election.
‘It’s important all young Australians are enrolled so they can have their say on the issues that matter most to them,’ said Mr Vreugdenhil. 'Voting is the right and the responsibility of every Australian, and getting on the roll is the only way to exercise that right.'
COUNT ME IN! is supported by the Australian Youth Forum (AYF). Information about the AYF is available at www.youth.gov.au/ayf.
For more information about the COUNT ME IN! campaign, visit
www.countmein.org.au.
Media Contact:
Alice Bleby
Count Me In! Project
United Nations Youth Association of Australia
M: 0438 878 106
E: Alice.bleby@unya.org.au