Labor must heed the warnings wrapped up in its election win. Young voters are crying out for action | Intifar Chowdhury

Gen Z want the government to address the big structural problems: housing supply, inequality and climate

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I often write about how younger Australians are carving out a different political identity from older generations. But the election result has reminded us of what cuts across age and sits in our national core. That deep-seated Aussie reaction: yeah-nah, that's a bit much" when things go too far. We're allergic to imported bravado, anything too loud, too messianic. And, when pushed, we don't shout - we shrug.

This election was one long shrug. A rejection of chaos and division, not through fury but through an assertive, ballot-powered recoil.

Dr Intifar Chowdhury is a youth researcher and a lecturer in government at Flinders University