Lukas Coch/AAPAttempts to lower the voting age in Australia to 16 have been historically unsuccessful. More recently, the Make It 16 campaign has been advocating for the enfranchisement of 16 and ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1970 lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Here's a look at the history and the recent push by some to lower the voting age to 16.

First published in The Age on March 21, 1973 Voting age is lowered About 750,000 young people aged 18 to 21 became eligible to enrol as voters in Federal elections today.

Australia has lowered the voting age before. In 1973, the Whitlam government changed it from 21 to 18. The conversation is shifting here again.

In 1973, following mass youth casualties in the Vietnam War, Australia’s voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.

There's a fresh campaign to lower the voting age in Australia from 18 to 16 on the back of a similar move by the UK government. Michael Rowland reports.

Young people are more politically engaged than ever before. It's time to lower the voting age in Australia to 16.