Q+A

Young and Free? (2020x16)

: 18, 2020

Yael Stone, Actor and Climate Advocate; Sophie Johnston, Youth Commissioner, National Youth Commission; Tim Fung, CEO and co-founder, Airtasker; Danielle Wood, Economist, Grattan Institute; and Innes Willox, CEO, Australian Industry Group. Life after COVID 19 will be different for all of us, but particularly young Australians. The crisis-driven economic downturn is hitting young people hard - they’re vastly over-represented in sectors where millions of jobs have been lost, and they’ll be left to shoulder much of the economic burden for years to come. Lockdown laws mean university, nightclubs, overseas travel and in many cases living out of home for young people have come to an abrupt halt.