I wanted to ask Dutton these nine questions. He never got back to me

Sydney Morning Herald

26-04-2025

Similar to what we saw in the US election last year, podcasts, video content and social media (sometimes referred to as 'new media') is playing a big part in this year's federal election.
From thoughtful sit down interviews between current and aspiring MPs with leading creators, to viral TikToks and even a failed AI diss track, for many voters, digital content is set to inform how they'll vote next week.
Considering Millennial and Gen Z voters are set to make up 47 per cent of voters in this election, and that the number of people accessing their daily news via digital media continues to rise each year, none of this is particularly surprising.
In fact, in its 2023 report, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found that social media was the predominant news source for 46 per cent of people aged 18 to 24, instead of more traditional streams like television and print, and that the number of people accessing their news via podcasts is growing each year.
As someone who has a large online platform and a successful podcast designed to financially educate young people, particularly women, I strongly believe in the power of each individual vote come election day.
And, as someone who has made a career out of financially empowering young people, I understand how politics and the financial freedoms (or lack thereof) that we have are linked. As a former assistant treasurer, I know Peter Dutton also understands this, too.
I had hoped Peter Dutton would be willing to speak to us about the Coalition's policies and what his priorities would be if elected.
When you combine the opposition leader's experience with recent Resolve polling published by this masthead that shows just 26 per cent of Australian women say Dutton would be their preferred PM (lower than the national rate of 30 per cent), and low support across the board from younger voters, you'd think the opposition leader would be keen to pitch his case or, at the very least, have a conversation and be heard by the very people who will hold half the control next weekend.
But for months now, multiple requests from my team to have Peter Dutton appear on the She's on the Money podcast have gone unanswered.