MADELEINE Boxall has a strong social conscience that far outstrips her 16 years.

She believes the last remaining barrier to marriage equality, the federal law that proclaims a union is between a man and a woman, has to change.

An essay on the topic, entitled People Discriminate, Love Does Not, has seen Madeleine named the year 11/12 category winner of the Whitlam Institute’s What Matters? writing competition.

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