We have a federal election – due to be held in the first five months of this year – to look forward to.

Won’t that be fun!

High interest rates and cost of living pressures are expected to be the top concerns for both major parties and voters, the battleground itself will also look different, with changes to the number of seats and electoral boundaries.

In this election, Western Australia has gained a seat – Bullwinkel, named after the young Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, who was the sole survivor of a World War Two massacre by the Japanese.

Two seats have been abolished: Higgins, whch is a Labor-held seat in inner-Melbourne, and North Sydney, held by the independent candidate, Kylea Tink.

The changes have brought the size of the House of Representatives down to 150, from the previous 151.

This federal election will also be the first where Baby Boomers will be outnumbered by Gen Z and Millennial voters.

Antony Green on the seats that could decide the 2025 election:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-daily/antony-green-on-the-seats-that-could-decide-the-2025-election/104777210
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The era of the Baby Boomers as the dominant voting force in Federal politics is ending:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-25/election-2025-gen-z-millennial-outnumber-baby-boomers/104641230
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