3.1.11 lobby to ensure the voting age is reduced to 16 years of age but is not compulsory until 18. 3.1.12 establish a free hotline for young people to call in to register instances of police harrassment with a view to independently investigating such complaints and conducting an inquiry into the issue. 3.1.13 lobby for sensible drug law reform which views the drug issue as a health and social issue not a criminal problem. 3.1.14 focus on preventative strategies to deal with criminal justice issues not law and order solutions. 3.1.15 support gender equity for the age of consent.
Unemployment is one of our major contemporary issues.
It can sap human dignity, self-esteem and identity and erode social cohesion, disempower communities and decrease the ability of young people to mobilise their efforts to move towards a more environmentally oriented lifestyle. The Greens support a vision of education as a life-long process of intellectual, physical, emotional, cultural and ethical development. It may take place in a variety of formal and informal settings. Education should be aimed at improving the capacity of people to live purposeful, satisfying lives and providing the opportunity to develop communities that are peaceful, just and ecologically sustainable.