News: Politics
Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration
USC Year 12 students, Jasmine, Lucy, Anjali, Harper, and Jessica attended the Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration presented by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Behind the Lines Exhibition
University Senior College Year 12 Politics excursion went to the Behind the Lines exhibition of political cartoons from 2022.The exhibition is curated by MoAD. The exhibition theme, Off the Planet, reflects on a year where lockdowns ended and borders opened, and we burst out from our living rooms eager to discover what more was out there. While life was starting to return to some sort of normality, Australians still felt uncertainty.
The Governor’s Civics Awards for Schools
The Governor’s Civics Awards for Schools helps to develop student awareness and skills as active and informed citizens in a democratic society.
USC Student's attend Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration
USC Year 11 and 12 Students, Anika, Qezia, Tabitha, Anjali and Azul attended the Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration on Tuesday 31st May. This year’s oration entitled; ‘The Way Forward – Informed by the past’ was delivered by the new Minister for Indigenous Australians, Hon Linda Burney. The Oration honours the influential Aboriginal leader, Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG and gives voice to vital issues for our nation’s first people.
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USC Year 11 Politics, Power and People
USC Year 11 Politics, Power and People students attended the SA Schools State Constitutional Convention. The question debated was ‘Should a new preamble be added to the Constitution?’