Well done to Lily 12TMCC for being selected among 95 Year 11 and 12 students nationwide to attend the 29th National Schools Constitutional Convention in Canberra.

The program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education (DOE), coordinated by National Curriculum Services (NCS) and supported by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA) and department of education from all states and territories.

This year's convention topic is ‘Section 96 of the Constitution allows the Commonwealth to grant funds to areas that fall outside those prescribed in Section 51. Should Section 96 be amended to decentralise the power of the Commonwealth?’. 

Students will examine, discuss and debate these aspects of the constitution, with outcomes being presented to the President of the Senate, Senator Sue Lines, for tabling in Parliament and recorded in Hansard.

We wish Lily all the best as she prepares for this extraordinary opportunity.