My First Speech Competition Entries Open

The 2023 My First Speech competition opened for entries earlier this month, with all entries due in by 5 pm on Friday, August 11.

My First Speech is an excellent way for youth to speak about issues they’re passionate about.

Entrants can enter individually or as a school group.

Farrer school students in years 10 to 12 have the chance to share their thoughts and hopes imagining they had just been elected as a first-term Member of Parliament.

Interested students are invited to prepare a 90-second speech on issues they are passionate about and then record it on video.

The video must be in MPG, MPEG, M4V, MPEG 4, AVI, WMV or MOV format with a resolution f 640 x 480 pixels or above and no longer than 90 seconds in length.

Opening titles or end credits are not required.

To enter the competition, submit your video via email and a written transcript of your speech and completed competition forms.

Scanned forms can be pdf or jpg format.

If your video is too large to be emailed (over 30MB), send it via Dropbox, Google Driver or even a USB along with the transcript.

Mailed entries must be addressed to the following:

My First Speech competition
House of Representatives
PO Box 6021
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2601

A winner from each year (10, 11 and 12) will be invited to Canberra to deliver their speech and undertake a program of meetings at Parliament House.

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