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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: 16-year-olds voting wouldn't be the end of the world
Description: Some people will be thinking that we’re going to hell in a handbasket today. Yesterday, Jacinda became a Dame and today, we’ve got a panel of experts saying that the voting age should be lowered to 16. 16! They’re just babies. No idea what they're doing. That’s what some people will be thinking. Not me, though. This independent panel also thinks the MMP threshold for getting into Parliament should be lowered from 5 percent to 3.5 percent. Other things it's recommended include a referendum on changing the parliamentary term from three years to...