Labor will look at dropping voting age to 16, says Bill Shorten | Poll

By James Massola
Updated October 31 2015 - 9:56am, first published 9:51am
Bill Shorten says Labor will consider lowering the voting age if it wins the next election. Photo: Michelle Smith
Bill Shorten says Labor will consider lowering the voting age if it wins the next election. Photo: Michelle Smith

THEY can serve in the army, get a gun licence, drive a car, fly a plane and even leave home, but there's one thing no 16 or 17-year-old in Australia can do - yet - and that's vote in a federal election.

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