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Kate is passionate about contributing to public debate on a wide range of important issues. Here are some of the issues she has touched on in the past.
- Should successful athletes have to pay back the AIS 10 Jun 2009
- Let's give youth voice now for a better future 12 Oct 2008
- Organ donation it's the greatest gift of all 21 Sep 2008
- Is safe sex message falling on deaf ears 31 Aug 2008
- Grassroots funding is key to Olympic glorys 10 Aug 2008
- Easy to overlook big issue of homelessness 20 Jul 2008
- Trailblazer Natasha leaves lasting legacy 29 Jun 2008
- Heavy hitters boost our World Cup hopes 01 Jun 2008
- Youth Forum Discussion Paper 17 May 2008
- We can't take sport for granted 11 May 2008
- Women truly can do anything be anything 20 Apr 2008
- Let the Games begin with all our athletes 30 Mar 2008
- Proud past but future a challenge for women 09 Mar 2008
- Young people will be heard at highest level 17 Feb 2008
- Our nation has changed dramatically in three weeks 16 Dec 2007
- Mobile Phone Towers 23 Sep 2007
- Bradken Foundry 01 Jul 2007
- Full Fees 03 Jun 2007
- Eating Disorders 17 Dec 2006
- Iraq 27 Jul 2006
- Electoral Laws 26 Jun 2006
- Dental 08 Jan 2006
- Make Poverty History 18 Sep 2005
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2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 200813 May 2008 - New ideas for Australia 2020
Expanding preventative health strategies, introducing a sustainability challenge and paid parental leave were some of the key issues young people from the 2020 Youth Summit want the nation's leaders to address at the Australian 2020 Summit next weekend.
The Federal Minister for Youth and Youth Summit co-chair, Kate Ellis thanked the 100 Youth Summit participants for their passion, quality ideas and commitment to make Australia a better place.
"The 2020 Youth Summit has shown that young Australians have a bold vision for the future of our country and some new ideas about how we can make it a reality," Ms Ellis said.
"The youth delegates are determined to make sure Australia in 2020 is a smarter, fairer, greener and healthier place. I have no doubt that their passion, ideas and enthusiasm will help achieve this."
Ms Ellis and co-chair Hugh Evans also announced the 11 delegates from this weekend's Youth 2020 Summit who had been chosen to attend the Australia 2020 Summit on 19-20 April.
Youth delegates participated in a secret ballot to select delegates to go on next weekend.
The 11 young people who will attend Australia 2020 include:
Name Age State/Territory- Siddhartha (Sid) Chakrabarti 24 ACT
- Tammy Edwards 19 Western Australia
- Naomi Gooden 23 Western Australia
- Tim Goodwin 24 Victoria
- Angela Ha 20 New South Wales
- Samah (Sam) Hadid 20 New South Wales
- Ben Kent 23 Western Australia
- Michael Loftus 19 Victoria
- Tom O'Connor 21 Victoria
- Simon Sheikh 22 New South Wales
- Owen Wareham 22 Queensland
Mr Evans congratulated the 11 young people who would join him at Australia 2020 as they had made an incredible contribution the weekend.
"Young people have started to take responsibility for coming up with the solutions to the challenges we all face," Mr Evans said.
"We're delighted the Government took the time to listen, because there is no one in the country with more at stake when it comes to the future of Australia than young Australians."
A summary of the discussions from the two days have been recorded in a communiqu? presented Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to take to the major Australia 2020 summit.
For more information about the 2020 Youth Summit visit www.australia2020.gov.au.