Political parties that fail to deliver on secure jobs, affordable housing and climate action face becoming irrelevant, writes Matt Grudnoff, from @theausinstitute. These three issues – insecure work, housing affordability and climate change – mean that millennials are sharing in less of the benefits of the economy and are less secure than previous generations. The Coalition doesn’t have to do anything about this. But parties that ignore the concerns of important cohorts of voters are usually rewarded with extended time in opposition. But things are not necessarily all rosy for the Labor party. It is not enough to promise action that will improve the living standards of millennials. They must fix these problems. If millennials come to believe that neither major party will make any real difference, then they will start to look elsewhere. The teals took advantage of this at the last election, running on stronger action on climate change than either of the major parties. Some of the teals, like Sophie Scamps in Mackellar, also ran on affordable housing. The Greens ran hard on all three in the inner-city Brisbane electorates they had such great success with. The Labor party has made modest changes to IR laws and is likely to bring forward more changes this year. Its rhetoric on climate change has been good, but we are yet to see any real action. And its policies on housing affordability are ineffective and will make no real difference. The rising importance of millennials as a voting bloc is bringing a seismic shift in Australian politics. Political parties will need to stop just promising better jobs, more affordable housing and action on climate change, and instead actually deliver. Those parties that fail to do so face becoming irrelevant. #auspol #auspolitics #millennials #babyboomers #genx #geny #slientgeneration