He's got a bit of a point. It was normal in our Western world in the not so distant past for people to marry in their teens and the marriages lasted longer than they do today...
Australia has a higher age of consent than the world average.
All animals start to have sex as soon they become sexually mature. Never heard of a "pedophile" animal.

"Oh the damn dirty old, 1 tonne heavy, pedophile bull is mounting the young 20 month old heifer. Take him away."

For a sexually mature 12 year old to wait 6 years to marry, or 4 years to have legal sex, is unreasonable. Given a girl becomes sexually mature at 12, she will have lost about 15% of her fertility phase by the time she reaches 18. Does a government made up of
UNRELATED STRANGERS have a right to interfere with the evolution of
YOUR bloodline? I don't think so.
My proposal:
Legal marriage age: 14
Age of consent: 14