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North Shore Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition

Published on: November 2020

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-114860

North Shore Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore) (15:32:55):

It has been an exciting day today in the Parliament because I welcomed students from across my local primary schools for the 2020 annual North Shore Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition. I was excited to host this event, particularly given the challenging year that we and all our students have had. This year the calibre of the speeches was outstanding, which is a true testament to the teaching and staff at our local schools. I congratulate Kevin Qu, who spoke on "If I were in charge, the rule I would make would be", and the stage 2 runner‑up Julian Chowdury-Jones, whose topic was "How I faced my fears". I congratulate our stage 3 winner, Soraya Christian-Hare, who spoke eloquently on the topic of "Young people should be seen and heard", and our stage 3 runner‑up, Philippe Michel Anquetil, on his topic "My family story". I congratulate all the finalists who competed: Dara Minogue and Siofra McAweeny from Blessed Sacrament, Monty Douglass and Dean Lowe from Middle Harbour Public School, Jack Haggman and Soraya from Mosman Public School, Oliver Chubb and Julian from Mosman Preparatory, and Kevin and Philippe from St Aloysius. I congratulate them and also thank our judges, including Mr Speaker.