Airdate: Hack Live: The War on Young People

Later this month ABC2 will have another Hack Live special.

This time Tom Tilley will discuss “The War on Young People.” In a world where house prices are out of control, jobs are less secure and university debt is exploding, is it any wonder young people are starting to feel ripped off?

In this episode of Hack Live Tom Tilley gathers a panel of Australians, young and old, and asks ‘is there a war on young people’? The boomers had cheap houses and free degrees, and now as they enter their twilight years they either won’t get off the career ladder or they’re living it up. But what about their kids? For most of them, the great Australian dream has become a great Australian nightmare. Young people today are too busy paying off their education let along paying off a home, and to pay off anything at all they need a steady job and a chance of success.

This wasn’t what they were promised. Nine days out from the election this program will hear from young Australians feeling left behind, young entrepreneurs bucking the trend, the oldies who think this generation has it too easy, and the politicians who have the power to start serious change. Is there really a ‘war on young people’ or is it a mindset of the over entitled? And can the ‘battle lines’ be redrawn? It’s time to find out.

9:30pm Thursday June 23 on ABC2.