Youth Forum NSW

On the 11th of September we had the opportunity to visit the NSW Parliament House and connect with members of parliament in order to participate in the Youth Forum NSW Parliament event. The event was designed to bring students from across NSW together in order to gather a wide range of opinions on creating a Human Rights Act. Currently, NSW does not have a Human Rights Act and this event was developed to form the beginnings of this legislation. As a group, we discussed some of the basic human rights and some of the potential obstacles that might be faced when implementing these into legislation. We also explored why these rights are relevant in today’s world, particularly for adolescents. Talking to fellow students from all over NSW really helped us to understand how human rights affect different people in different ways. This forum was also extremely useful and relevant to what we are learning in year 10 Commerce and linking this to the real world. 

By Mrunmayi and Ollie in year 10