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 media since September 2024. Here are some ideas and links to get you started:
Age of Criminal Responsibility
- NT’s CLP government passes legislation to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10, in first week of parliament
- UN Rights of the Child committee chair says NT government’s lowering of criminal age ‘contravened’ global treaty obligations
LGBTQI+ questions in Australian Census
- ‘Not too complex’: health experts criticise Labor for ditching LGBTQI+ census questions
- ABS releases first ever estimates of LGBTI+ Australians
- After a change of heart, some LGBTQI+ people will be included in the census — but not all
Social Media Ban for Young Kids
- Fears social media ban will strip kids with disability of ‘lifeline’
- Social-media bans won’t work — there are better ways to keep kids safe
- Some social media platforms will be exempt from the under-16s ban. So what’s in and what’s out?
Taxing Unhealthy Food
- Time for a noodle tax? Doctor who sounded alarm on ultra-processed food urges tougher action
- Bad enough to eat — Our fatal attraction to the ultra-processed
- From banning junk food ads to a sugar tax: with diabetes on the rise, we can’t afford to ignore the evidence any longer
4 day school week
- Chevalier College adopts four-day face-to-face learning permanently after year-long trial
- Victorian premier knocks back four-day work week for burnt-out teachers
- More American schools are switching to four-day weeks. Could Australia follow their lead?
Cigarette Complete Ban for Those Born After 2009
- South Australia Looks To Bring In Cigarette Age Ban
- How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn from it
Universal Access to Dental Care
- Poor oral health is a strong indicator of disadvantage in Australia. So why aren’t we doing anything about it?
- Labor resists internal push for dental in Medicare, saying focus is on strengthening general practice
Foreign Adoption Bans
- Connection lost? Why China’s adoption ban feels like a ‘door closed’ for these Australians
- Calls for Korean adoptions to end amid alleged orphan ‘trafficking’ scandal
Cat Roaming Ban
- Two-thirds of us support banning pet cats from roaming. A ban would save millions of native animals – and billions of dollars
- The plan to lock up pet cats
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