A novel proposal to extend the vote to children has been advanced by Matt Gaughwin, a medical practitioner and senior clinical lecturer in public health at the University of Adelaide.
Writing in The Australian, Gaughwin says that children are second-class citizens who experience the greatest suffering and injustices in our society.
Gaughwin says that injustice and suffering experienced in childhood lasts a lifetime and is transmitted to the next generation. [Read more…]