Sixteen and 17-year-olds can drive,work,enlist in the Australian Defence Force,yet they have no say in their own government. That urgently needs to change.
Contemporary talk about young people and consent focuses on sex. But consent also applies to information about children being gleened by their social media use.
Slashing income support,cutting wages,or cutting taxes won’t help Australia recover from this impending depression.
Young people have cognitive and ethical capacity:they want clarity,they ask insightful questions,make good judgment and are often courageous.