In recent weeks, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has increasingly talked up his "anti-woke" agenda across online platforms, including podcasts.
So, is he trying to appeal to disenfranchised male voters?
In a podcast chat with entrepreneur Mark Bouris, Dutton outlined what he called an "anti-woke revolution" occurring globally. But he also said that young men have had enough of being overlooked for jobs and promotions, especially when they have female partners who have "decided" to stay home with the kids.
So we're going down the American path are we? Yikes.
I don't know what strategy Labor uses to combat this?
This week, The Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported its polling had found a sharp gender divide among younger voters, with men far more disposed towards Dutton than women, and more optimistic about Australia's economic outlook. It also showed that women in the same age groups are more left-leaning. In the breakdown of aggregate data from the last three AFR/Freshwater Strategy opinion polls, 37 per cent of young male voters — aged between 18 and 34 — preferred Dutton as prime minister, compared with 27 per cent of women in the same age group.