Semester 2 2004 forum dates, speakers and panellists

We have an exciting and varied range of guests and student panellists lined up for semester two, including a special pre-federal election discussion and another forum with students from Washington DC. The students will be discussing issues such as environmental concerns and green politics, election promises, the role of the Governor-General, the future of Australian/US alliance and the morality of recent medical initiatives such as stem cell development. The students themselves are from the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.

Keep visiting the site during this semester to find out more about the students, their guests and the forums.

SEMESTER 2 FORUMS

Guest: Senator Kerry Nettle, Australian Greens

Student panellists

From left to right: Lachlan McLean, Sarah Wozniak, Nigel Hutton Photos: Dragi Markovic

• Lachlan McLean, Year 10, Eltham College of Education, Victoria
• Sarah Wozniak, Year 11, Our Lady of Mercy College, New South Wales
• Nigel Hutton Year 12, Yeppoon State High School, Queensland

Guest: The Hon. Christopher Pyne MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Family and Community Services, Jacinta Collins, Senator for Victoria and Bob Brown, Senator for Tasmania

Student panellists

• Kirsty McLaren (convenor), 3rd Year, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
• Luke Bo'sher, Year 12, Melbourne High School, Victoria
• Natalie Webber, Year 12, St Paul's Anglican Grammar School, Victoria
• Josh McCann, Year 12, Casuarina Secondary College, Northern Territory

Guest: His Excellency, Major General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC (Retd), Governor-General

Student panellists

From left to right: Lucianne Tonti-Filippini, Nadav Prawer, Michael Cordover Photos: Dragi Markovic

• Lucianne Tonti-Filippini, Year 11, Siena College, Victoria
• Nadav Prawer, Year 12, Leibler Yavneh College, Victoria
• Michael Cordover, Year 12, The Friends' School, Tasmania
  

Guest: Tom Schieffer, US Ambassador to Australia

Student panellists

Washington DC panel

• Will Dreher, Year 12, Montgomery Blair High School
• Andrew Rohrbach, Year 12, Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology
• April Crewson, Year 12, Stone Bridge High School

Canberra panel

• Duncan Kaufman, Year 12, Radford College
• Geoffrey O'Keefe, Year 12, Daramalan College
• Alix Kuzma, Year 12, Canberra College

Guest: Christopher Newell, Lecturer, Philosophy Department of the University of Melbourne and Lecturer in Bioethics and Sex Education, John Paul II Institute

Student panellists

From left to right: Emma Gibbs, Daniel Baker, Sam Thorpe Photos (left and right): Dragi Markovic / Photo (centre): Daniel Baker

• Emma Gibbs, Sunshine Beach State High School, Queensland
• Daniel Baker, Year 10, Canberra High School, Australian Capital Territory
• Sam Thorpe, Year 12, Canberra College, Australian Capital Territory