Week 8 – Workbook activity Oral Presentation by Zoe Mears

1. MAIDEN PARLIAMENTARY
SPEECH
ZOE MEARS
Figure 1: 7 strategies to become a better
public speaker
Source: Traiman (2013)

2. INTRODUCTION
• Internet,
• education,
• welfare payments/student
payments,
• Voting
• same sex marriage

3. INTERNET
• ranked 60th globally
• Behind: Asia, Europe, US
• Below par (LeMay 2016)
• Still on dial up
Figure 2: Back to the future
Source: Page (2015)

4. EDUCATION
• Rank 15 Globally (Chatin
2016)
• Competition
• International students
• Education standards for
students
Figure 3: The crisis facing Australian schools is real
Source: Stapleton (2016)

5. WELFARE PAYMENTS/STUDENT PAYMENTS
• Youth disadvantage
• Age restriction
• More Pressure
• Less focus on studies
Figure 4: Welfare overhaul: even the experienced and
educated are vulnerable
Source: Jabour (2014)

6. VOTING
• 1 066 779 people missing
Australian Electoral
Commission (2015)
• Large Population
• Could determine
• misinformed
Figure: 5: You can’t waste your vote
Source: Patrick (2013)

7. SAME SEX MARRIAGE
• Government Politicians agree
• Large population protesting
• Equality rights (Tomazin
2015)
Figure 6: Manly marriage rally to target absent Abbott
Source: Ozturk (2013)

8. 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/

9. 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