SYDNEY, May 17 -- Australian Greens candidate Hannah Thomas said voter frustration was growing due to governments failing to address poverty, rising inequality and global conflicts.

Thomas, who contested against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the recent federal election, told Malaysiakini that both major parties were out of touch with how Australians felt about key issues, including the war in Gaza.

"I think the Australian government is extremely out of touch with how people actually feel about what's going on in Gaza, especially in progressive areas like Grayndler, where I live and where I ran," she said.

"People can see that bombing schools and hospitals, and refugee camps, is wrong, and slaughtering children is wrong, and target...