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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Justice Minister discusses lowering voting age to 16
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:07:43
	Publish Date:		2022-11-21 04:42:00
	Description:		The government says all MPs will get to vote on whether to lower the voting age to 16 for general elections, following today's Supreme Court decision that the current law is discriminatory. The Prime Minister says once drafted, a law change will need 75 percent to support to pass and would not come into force in time for the next election. The Justice Minister Kiri Allan talks to Lisa Owen.
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