Raise our Voice in Parliament Campaign

The Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox is calling on young people under 21 to take part in the 2022 Raise our Voice Australia Campaign.

“This year I am excited to participate in the Youth Voice in Parliament campaign which aims to increase the political literacy of our young voters and voters-to-be”. Mr Willcox said

“The Raise our Voice campaign asks people under 21 to write a 90 second speech, the best of which will be read out by their local member in Parliament from 21-24 November 2022 for Youth Voice in Parliament week.”

The speech topic is: What should Australia’s new parliament accomplish?

Last year’s campaign saw 603 speech submissions and approximately 130 speeches read in parliament.

Mr Willcox said that 60% of participants said it was the first time they had engaged with Australian politics or a politician, with 92% of participants saying participating made them more likely to engage with politics in the future.

“Anything I can do to encourage young people to take an interest in Politics I will take part in. It is so important that our future leaders start having their say, I am honoured to be able to amplify the voices of the young people from Dawson by reading their vision for the future in our Federal Parliament.

“I am one of over 70 Federal politicians taking part in the campaign and I am really looking forward to reading the submissions”. Mr Willcox said.

Visit https://raiseourvoiceaustralia.com/youthvoice for more information.