MAIDEN PARLIAMENTARY SPEECH ZOE MEARS

Figure 1: 7 strategies to become a better public speakerSource: Traiman (2013)

INTRODUCTION

• Internet, • education, • welfare payments/student

payments, • Voting • same sex marriage

INTERNET

• ranked 60th globally • Behind: Asia, Europe, US• Below par (LeMay 2016)• Still on dial up

Figure 2: Back to the futureSource: Page (2015)

EDUCATION

• Rank 15 Globally (Chatin 2016)• Competition• International students• Education standards for

studentsFigure 3: The crisis facing Australian schools is realSource: Stapleton (2016)

WELFARE PAYMENTS/STUDENT PAYMENTS

• Youth disadvantage • Age restriction• More Pressure• Less focus on studies

Figure 4: Welfare overhaul: even the experienced and educated are vulnerableSource: Jabour (2014)

VOTING

• 1 066 779 people missing Australian Electoral Commission (2015) • Large Population• Could determine• misinformed

Figure: 5: You can’t waste your voteSource: Patrick (2013)

SAME SEX MARRIAGE

• Government Politicians agree• Large population protesting • Equality rights (Tomazin

2015)

Figure 6: Manly marriage rally to target absent AbbottSource: Ozturk (2013)

FIGURE REFERENCE LIST• Jabour, B 2014, Welfare overhaul: even the experienced and educated are vulnerable, digital image, viewed 9 May

2016, http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/21/welfare-overhaul-even-the-educated-and-experienced-are-vulnerable

• Ozturk, S 2013, Manly marriage rally to target absent Abbott, digital image, viewed 25 April 2016, http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/manly-marriage-rally-to-target-absent-abbott/106969

• Page, R 2015, Back to the future, digital image, viewed 9 May 2016, https://www.choice.com.au/electronics-and-technology/internet/connecting-to-the-internet/articles/nbn-rollout-update

• Patrick 2013, You can’t waste your vote, digital image, viewed 7 September, http://www.chickennation.com/2013/08/18/you-cant-waste-your-vote/

• Stapleton, J 2016, The crisis facing Australian schools is real, digital image, viewed 9 May 2016, http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2016/01/20/soon-might-school-teachers-children/

• Traiman, L 2013, 7 strategies to become a better public speaker, digital image, viewed 2 May 2016, http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/7-strategies-to-become-a-better-public-speaker/

REFERENCE LIST

• Australian Electoral Commission 2015, Size of the electoral roll and enrolment rate 2015, viewed 5 May 2016, http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/Enrolment_stats/national/2015.htm

• Chatin, J 2016, 20 best education systems in the world, viewed 5 May 2016, http://www.mbctimes.com/english/20-best-education-systems-world

• LeMay, R 2016, Australia in huge slip down global broadband rankings, viewed 2 May 2016, https://delimiter.com.au/2016/03/24/australia-huge-slip-global-broadband-rankings/

• Tomazin, F 2015, ‘Thousands rally for same-sex marriage’, The Age, August 16, viewed 10 May 2016, http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/thousands-rally-for-samesex-marriage-20150815-gizr8a.html

• Department of Human Services 2016, Austudy, viewed 8 May 2016, https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/austudy