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Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Oct 31^st, 2015 at 2:54am

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Coordinated Youth Policy
Lower voting age to 16
Children and young people must have greater opportunities to participate in decision making affecting their lives.

http://greens.org.au/policies/children-young-people

Meanwhile

Labor will look at dropping voting age to 16, says Bill Shorten

They can serve in the army, get a gun licence, drive a car, fly a plane and even leave home, but there's one thing no 16 or 17-year-old in Australia can do - yet - and that's vote in a federal election.

But Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants that to change that and in a speech on Saturday to a young Labor Party conference in Sydney, he will outline a plan to enfranchise an estimated half a million voters if the ALP is elected.

The ambitious proposal is designed to galvanise interest in politics among younger Australians and comes as 400,000 Australians aged 18-24 did not enrol to vote between 2010 and 2013.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-will-look-at-droppin...

Seems labor is in panic mode over it's inability to attracted young people into old labor.

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Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Reply #1 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 2:58am

An analysis by Ian McAllister, from the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University, suggested that if the voting age were lowered to include 16- and 17-year-olds, about 474,000 extra voters would come on to the electoral roll, or about 3 per cent of the total electorate.

According to the analysis, the Labor vote would remain unchanged, the Coalition vote would decline by 0.2 per cent and the Greens and other vote would increase by 0.1 per cent.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/bill-shorten-to-push-for-lower-...

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He Man Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1159 Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 3:06am What a joke, the watermelons and labor are in their last gasps and getting desperate ever since they have been flushed down the sewer.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 3:12am Interesting read on how bigger mess both Liberals and Labor are. Liberals thumb their noses at party reform http://www.smh.com.au/comment/liberals-thumb-their-noses-at-party-reform-2015103...
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40774 Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 4:28am When I saw the title of this thread, I though it was just a bloggers idea. I was not too interested in voting when I was 16
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #5 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 4:57am Young progressive people believe the world is theirs to shape. Where as young conservatives have their parents as role models and so are disillusioned. It's understandable young conservatives don't want the blame for a messy and destructive conservative government in office and so don't want the vote.
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He Man Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1159 Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #6 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 4:59am Utter Bullshit, you guys and bull shitten are hard up for votes period, and think you can suck in gullible children. That sums up this ludicrous scenario spot on.
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Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Reply #7 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:10am

____ wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 2:54am:

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Coordinated Youth Policy
Lower voting age to 16
Children and young people must have greater opportunities to participate in decision making affecting their lives.

http://greens.org.au/policies/children-young-people

Meanwhile

Labor will look at dropping voting age to 16, says Bill Shorten

They can serve in the army, get a gun licence, drive a car, fly a plane and even leave home, but there's one thing no 16 or 17-year-old in Australia can do - yet - and that's vote in a federal election.

But Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants that to change that and in a speech on Saturday to a young Labor Party conference in Sydney, he will outline a plan to enfranchise an estimated half a million voters if the ALP is elected.

The ambitious proposal is designed to galvanise interest in politics among younger Australians and comes as 400,000 Australians aged 18-24 did not enrol to vote between 2010 and 2013.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-will-look-at-droppin...

Seems labor is in panic mode over it's inability to attracted young people into old labor.

Like most socialists, he knows very little about serving in the ADF, you can not serve in the ADF at 16 - 17 without your parents permission.

Maybe you should only be allowed to vote under those conditions too, if you want it to be like servig your country.

Friggen numpties.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #8 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:11am Just another seemingly–progressive idea from the conservative Greens. Gestures and hollow rhetoric as always, drawing attention away from the fact the Greens are right wing neocons with no interest in the environment.
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BigOl64 Gold Member Offline Posts: 14438 Townsville QLD Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #9 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:13am Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 4:28am: I was not too interested in voting when I was 16 I find it impossible to give a f**ck at 51
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40774 Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #10 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:18am Quote: .......................comes as 400,000 Australians aged 18-24 did not enrol to vote between 2010 and 2013.......... what a bad idea.
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Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Reply #11 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:21am

BigOl64 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:10am:

____ wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 2:54am:

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Coordinated Youth Policy
Lower voting age to 16
Children and young people must have greater opportunities to participate in decision making affecting their lives.

http://greens.org.au/policies/children-young-people

Meanwhile

Labor will look at dropping voting age to 16, says Bill Shorten

They can serve in the army, get a gun licence, drive a car, fly a plane and even leave home, but there's one thing no 16 or 17-year-old in Australia can do - yet - and that's vote in a federal election.

But Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants that to change that and in a speech on Saturday to a young Labor Party conference in Sydney, he will outline a plan to enfranchise an estimated half a million voters if the ALP is elected.

The ambitious proposal is designed to galvanise interest in politics among younger Australians and comes as 400,000 Australians aged 18-24 did not enrol to vote between 2010 and 2013.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-will-look-at-droppin...

Seems labor is in panic mode over it's inability to attracted young people into old labor.

Like most socialists, he knows very little about serving in the ADF, you can not serve in the ADF at 16 - 17 without your parents permission.

Maybe you should only be allowed to vote under those conditions too, if you want it to be like servig your country.

Friggen numpties.

The 16 years olds who are independent and not living at home.
Why should they ask permission?

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16 Reply #12 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:23am BigOl64 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:13am: Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 4:28am: I was not too interested in voting when I was 16 I find it impossible to give a f**ck at 51 Possibly better to share about your sex issues in the relationship section big.
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Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Reply #13 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:48am

____ wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:23am:

BigOl64 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:13am:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 4:28am:

I was not too interested in voting when I was 16

I find it impossible to give a f**ck at 51

Possibly better to share about your sex issues in the relationship section big.

lol......he needs some big ole Viagra.

I doubt many 16 and 17 year old kids are into politics.

Leave the voting age as it is.

However, Labor know that this will be in their favour if the policy was adopted.

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Re: Lowering The Voting Age To 16
Reply #14 - Oct 31^st, 2015 at 6:12am

BigOl64 wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 5:10am:

____ wrote on Oct 31^st, 2015 at 2:54am:

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Coordinated Youth Policy
Lower voting age to 16
Children and young people must have greater opportunities to participate in decision making affecting their lives.

http://greens.org.au/policies/children-young-people

Meanwhile

Labor will look at dropping voting age to 16, says Bill Shorten

They can serve in the army, get a gun licence, drive a car, fly a plane and even leave home, but there's one thing no 16 or 17-year-old in Australia can do - yet - and that's vote in a federal election.

But Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants that to change that and in a speech on Saturday to a young Labor Party conference in Sydney, he will outline a plan to enfranchise an estimated half a million voters if the ALP is elected.

The ambitious proposal is designed to galvanise interest in politics among younger Australians and comes as 400,000 Australians aged 18-24 did not enrol to vote between 2010 and 2013.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-will-look-at-droppin...

Seems labor is in panic mode over it's inability to attracted young people into old labor.

Like most socialists, he knows very little about serving in the ADF

, you can not serve in the ADF at 16 - 17 without your parents permission.

Maybe you should only be allowed to vote under those conditions too, if you want it to be like servig your country.

Friggen numpties.

Really?

That's news.

But you are correct, they can't serve (legally, tho many did lie about their age to enlist during WW1).

And no, I don't consider the average 16-year-old to be 'switched on' enough to vote.

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