澳大利亚数百名中学和大学生组织了一场全国罢课行动，抗议One Nation党及其领导人Pauline Hanson的多元文化立场[1]。虽然这些学生尚无投票权，但他们的政治参与仍具合法性和实质意义。
根据联合国《儿童权利公约》，年轻人拥有结社、参与和代表的公民与政治权利[1]。历史表明学生抗议能够推动实际社会变革。1972年全国学生抗议成功反对了学校的性别隔离制度和体罚措施[1]。更近的例子是，学生气候罢工运动推动澳大利亚首都地区在其新气候变化战略中嵌入了对年轻人和后代的关怀义务[1]。这些案例证明，即使尚无投票权，年轻人的集体行动仍能对公共政策和社会价值观产生影响。
Hundreds of Australian secondary and university students have organized a nationwide school walkout to protest against Pauline Hanson and the One Nation party, opposing the party's stance on multiculturalism [1]. The protest raises questions about the legitimacy of political engagement by young people who cannot yet vote.
However, young people possess civic and political rights of association, participation, and representation under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides a legal foundation for their activism [1]. Historical precedent demonstrates the effectiveness of student-led movements: a 1972 national student protest successfully challenged school gender segregation and corporal punishment practices [1]. More recently, student climate strikes have influenced policy, with Australia's capital region embedding duties of care toward young people and future generations in its new climate change strategy as a result of youth activism [1].
Research analyzing over 22,500 entries in the Whitlam Institute competition between 2019 and 2023 further illustrates young people's sustained engagement with civic and political issues [1], suggesting that student protest movements serve as meaningful catalysts for social change.
