‘They deserve a say’: Govt urged to lower voting age to 16

Geordie Little

By Geordie Little
Published June 16, 2023

A new campaign to lower Australia’s voting age to 16 has been endorsed by some federal MPs.

The voting age was last lowered in 1973, when the Whitlam Government changed it from 21 to 18.

Make it 16 is a youth-led campaign calling on Australia to join countries including Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Malta, Scotland and ...

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