Persuasive oral season for VCE Year 11s and 12s is coming up! If you are studying VCE English/EAL, the persuasive speech is something you HAVE to do in both Year 11 and Year 12.
Remember you have to choose a topic that has been in the Australian media since September 2023. Here are some ideas and ABC links to get you started:
TikTok ban
- Joe Biden has signed legislation banning TikTok, so what happens now?
- US moves to ban TikTok, could Australia be next?
Israel-Gaza war
- Why Australians are taking to the street to protest the Israel Gaza war
- Who are the key players in the Israel-Gaza war and how are they stoking the conflict?
Sydney council book ban
- The Cumberland City Council book ban threatens to erase queer families. It’s a threat that deserves a serious response
- What’s in the same-sex parenting book banned by Cumberland City councillors in Western Sydney
Domestic violence
- What can men do right now about violence against women?
- There are fresh calls to put more domestic violence offenders in prison. But mounting evidence suggests that ‘jailing is failing’
ADHD/ASD in girls and women
- Researchers say women with ADHD under-diagnosed, often not believed about their symptoms
- Why women of colour are being left behind due to delays in autism diagnosis
Uni placement poverty
- Frustration as student vets excluded from ‘placement poverty’ solution, the Commonwealth Prac Payments scheme
- Upcoming ‘placement poverty’ payment is a ‘slap in the face’, student groups say
AI in schools
- ChatGPT-style AI app to be trialled in eight South Australian high schools
- AI use in education: pass or fail?
Ozempic
Genetic testing and discrimination
- Government considers ban on genetic testing discrimination
- Genetic discrimination in life insurance threatening lives and impeding research, researchers claim
Tiny house movement
- Tiny homes to help ease a national housing crisis in councils’ spotlight with development consent relaxed
- Tiny house advocates say council regulation changes could help ease accommodation stress
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