12 Mar 2017

The voting age - a panel discussion

From Sunday Morning, 7:10 am on 12 March 2017
Andrew Mycock, Aria Brighton-Mills, Liam McLeavey and Zachary Wong

Andrew Mycock, Aria Brighton-Mills, Liam McLeavey and Zachary Wong Photo: supplied

Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft recently called for a lowering of the voting age and the advocacy group, Action Stations, is running a national petition calling for 16 year olds to be enfranchised. So, is it an idea whose time has come? Joining Wallace to discuss that are: Andy Mycock a lecturer in politics at Huddersfield University and a member of the UK's Youth Citizenship Commission in 2008; Zachary Wong, co-chair of the Howick Youth Council, Aria Brighton-Mills is a student at Wellington East Girls, and, Liam McLeavey a member of the Ministry of Youth's advisory group.