Greens launch bid to lower voting age
Apr 23, 2018. Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John and Harry Sulley, 15, speak to the media in Perth on Monday. A bill to lower the voting age to 16 will be introduced to federal parliament by Senator Steele-John. It would allow almost 600,000 young Australians aged 16 and 17 to engage in the democratic process. (AAP Video/Rebecca Le May)