Young People, Political Knowledge and the Future of Australian Democracy

1 York, B. 2016 ‘Lowering the voting age: 43 years on', Museum of Australian Democracy, available online: https://www.moadoph.gov.au/blog/lowering-the-voting-age-43-years-on/, accessed 19 October 2018.

2 Cited in Ibid.

3 Chou, M. and Pruitt, L. 2018 ‘Let's give 16-year-olds the right to vote – they're more than ready', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 September, available online: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/16-year-old-australians-should-havethe-right-to-vote/10241852, accessed 19 September 2018.

4 Ibid.

5 Mcallister, I. 2014 ‘ The politics of lowering the voting age in Australia: Evaluating the evidence', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 68-83.

6 Mycock, A. and Tonge, J. 2018 ‘ Votes for 16-year-olds should be based on wider evidence, not just a need for participation', The Conversation, 2 February, available online: https://theconversation.com/votes-for-16-year-olds-should-be-based-on-widerevidence-not-just-a-need-for-participation-90898, accessed 19 September 2018.

7 Barnes, T. 2016 ‘Giving 16-year-olds the vote would be an insult to democracy', Australian Broadcsating Corporation, 17 February, available online: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-17/barnes-lowering-the-voting-age/7176234, accessed 19 October 2018.

8 Lum, P. 2018 ‘Lowering Australia's voting age would give voice to youth but risks politicising them, senators told', The Guardian, 29 September, available online: https://www.theguardian. com/australia-news/2018/sep/29/lowering-australias-votingage-would-give-voice-to-youth-but-risks-politicising-themsenators-told, accessed 19 October 2018.

9 Barnes, T. 2016.

10 Laughland-booÿ, J, Skrbiš, Z and Ghazarian, Z 2018, ‘ The voting strategies of young people: A conceptual framework', Australian Journal of Political Science, 53(2), pp.143–159.

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14 Ibid, p. xv, xvii.

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