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This weekend the Queensland seat of Longman fell to Wyatt Roy, the youngest Australian to be elected to parliament. A Liberal candidate, he unseated the incumbent Labor MP Jon Sullivan, who is almost 3 times his age. And age was the focus of media attention across the weekend. During the election coverage Wyatt Roy was referred to as the Doogie Howser or the Justin Bieber of politics. So how much is age a factor in the Australian political landscape?

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