This week, MPs and senators have read letters in Parliament from their youngest constituents, as part of a campaign to raise the voices of children in politics. More than 500 young people wrote in to their local M-Ps - with plenty to say.
"When I watch the news... the news people would have blonde hair and blue eyes. Then my mum showed me a photo of politicians, they're white, old, men. So I want to know why don't people who are making decisions about me, look like me?""My mummy says that people who come on TV make decisions about my life. They decide what my future is going to be like. So if that's true I want people who look like me to make decisions about me. I also want to feel important.
The Senator is also proposing a Duty of Care bill that he hopes will elevate the voices of these young people.There are 227 politicians in federal parliament - but just six of them are under the age of 35.
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