One of Australia’s most prominent constitutional lawyers has warned against lowering the voting age from 18 to 16, arguing it could lead to the further politicisation of schools.
A prominent constitutional law professor has warned against lowering the voting age to 16, arguing it could lead to schools becoming"more politicised".
However she added this would come with the risk of schools becoming political battlegrounds, with “schools and students” becoming “more politicised” as political parties would see a new market for voters, and teachers and schools would increasingly be “accused of activism”. But the criticism the constitutional law professor spent the most time on was the issue of “maturity” and whether young people were as “sophisticated” as they believed they were.
“And that also gives me some pause to think as well that I really wasn't as sophisticated as I thought I was. I think we can probably all relate to that.
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