Voting Age: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern To Lowering Voting Age To 16 In Debate

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will support a bill to lower the voting age in New Zealand to 16 after a landmark court ruling said the current age limit went against the country's bill of rights. So, should Australia follow?

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[Francois]

If they're old enough to participate in our economy, they're old enough to participate in our democracy.

[JamielDeAbrew]

I want to hear his argument on why voting should be lowered to 10 or 12 years old.

[papabear]

Instead of these nonsense why don't you guys talk about the youth crimes in New Zealand🙄

[les]

No No Most of them have not even lived yet.

[ross]

More weapons of mass distraction, like the pointless debate about the flag. We have real problems like homelessness and ram raids.

[willeisinga]

Voting must start at 16 and Stop at 70. Next year I hit 70 and Stop voting.🙂

[jesse]

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