This November sitting fortnight will be Shorten’s last. The NDIS minister announced his retirement in September after 17 years in Parliament to take up a $1 million vice-chancellor position at the University of Canberra in February.
The 14-year-old had her talking points prepared on the government’s plan to ban people under 16 from using social media.
“I’m not thrilled with the idea,” Clementine began on Radio National, before pivoting to support the policy that she will just be old enough to avoid when it comes into effect. “I think something had to be done, because there’s just too much that people get away with on the internet and the big tech companies, they need to get sent a message that they can’t just have all these lax regulations.”
Host Patricia Karvelas told her listeners that speaking to a national audience was difficult for a young person. But, she said, Clementine “was a natural”.
