CIVIC LITERACY IN AUSTRALIA: RETHINKING CURRICULUM AND RECLAIMING ENGAGEMENT

Hugo Silbert, Director of Youth Engagement at Future Forward Australia and a Politics, Philosophy, and Economics student at The University of Western Australia, draws on his experience across local and federal politics to examine a pressing challenge: civic disengagement. This article explores the roots of Australia’s civic illiteracy, questioning whether it stems from student apathy; shortcomings in curriculum; or deeper fractures in our social fabric.