Image: Andrew Willcox is one of over 70 Federal politicians taking part in the Raise our Voice Australia Campaign. Photo credit: Sam Gillespie
The 2022 Raise our Voice Australia Campaign is giving young people a voice in parliament and Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Willcox is calling on people under 21 to get involved.
“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.”
Young people are tasked with writing a speech on the topic of ‘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% saying that taking part made them more likely to engage in politics in the future.
“Anything I can do to encourage young people to take an interest in Politics I will take part in,” he said.
“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.”
