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Greens youth spokesman Stephen Bates put forward a bill to lower Australia's voting age to 16 in February. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/News Corp Australia.

New push to allow Australian high schoolers to vote

Young people have kicked off a national campaign at Parliament House to lower the federal voting age from 18 to 16, but the government says it’s not the country’s “priority right now”.

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