Comments on: The unfair, unbearable burden of turning 18 in Australia

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:12:43 +0000

Sorry but this article is pretty retarded, sounds like it was written by a 50 year old with no clue what’s going on. Sure when you turn 18 you can do all the things you mentioned (except drive, I got my p plates shortly after turning 17), but what you’re implying is all these burdens fall on your head at the same time, which is ridiculous! It’s not like I’m going to get married and be sued as soon as i turn 18 is it? And your age has nothing to do with finishing high school or starting uni, I finished grade 12 at age 16, some people do at 17 and some are even there till they are almost 19!

All in all, you should get your facts straight before writing puff pieces to try and persuade people the drinking age should be changed.

Ps, I turn 18 in about 10 days

By: Ex-Emotional Affair Lady

Ex-Emotional Affair Lady — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:20:42 +0000

Great post! I have a daughter who’s about to turn 18 and would definitely share this post with her.

Thanks a lot!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:31:47 +0000

You raise a few interesting points and while even though I didn’t have any issues with all these ‘burdens’ when I turned 18 last November, I can understand the prospect and can sympathize for those less fortunate.

As for moving up the legal drinking age, I don’t really believe this would change the age anyone would start drinking at. But while we’re talking about this topic, I strongly believe parents need to be taught to bring their children up to understand the responsibility necessary. Otherwise, once they get their hands on alcohol, they’ll abuse it because they don’t understand it.

Anyway, my initial reason for commenting on this post was to remind you that the legal driving age in most Australian states is 17 – 16 to apply for a Learners Permit and 17 to apply for a Provisional license (providing they actually manage to log 100 hours of driving in one year). The rest varies quite a bit throughout the states.

By: Andrea@ Become a Consultant bl

Andrea@ Become a Consultant bl — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:04:35 +0000

Wow, I never thought of all those things. I live in British Columbia, where 19 is the legal age. I imagine that’s helpful, because it means most people are well out of school before they are presented with a lot of these same decisions/burdens.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:23:54 +0000

Over here in the UK, we drive at 17. It works perfectly fine, because there is a year before the legal age of drinking that way. We used to be able to purchase cigarettes at 16 (I waited so long for my 16th birthday, then they pushed it up to 18 and I found I was still begging friends parents to buy me fags) and kids here are often introduced to alcohol quite young. Not all learn to drink sensibly, but the first time I got wasted was 15, so by the time I was driving, I knew about the risks and consequences. I think this is sensible.

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By: Christian Dating Australia

Christian Dating Australia — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:28:25 +0000

Great post, being a bit older than this I hadn’t really thought recently about how much goes on at 18. Most of your suggestions are great but I think the one about passengers in a car is off the mark. Encouraging people to be designated drivers is a big responsiblity, but much better than the alternative of temptations towards drink driving. Your suggestion of “public transport” as the solution here is a little out of touch with reality, and i’m guessing you live in a capital city or don’t go out after dark much – in country areas and even larger regional areas public transport is either limited to daylight hours or non existant at all, and isn’t really a viable option. But overall, loved most of the rest of your points and well done.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:03 +0000

I’ve never realized it before, but you’re right. 18 is a huge milestone. I have a softspot for kids.

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By: Stone Oz

Stone Oz — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:18:27 +0000

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