My First Speech Competition 2025

This exciting national competition is open to year 10, 11 and 12 students attending secondary schools in the Electorate of Pearce.

This competition will provide the opportunity for a student from each year group to be flown to Canberra with a parent or guardian to present their speeches live and undertake a program at Parliament House.

This national competition challenges students in years 10, 11 and 12 to envision themselves as newly elected Members of the House of Representatives and write a 90-second speech, focusing on a topic of their choosing.

A website has been established for the competition at: mfs.houseofrepresentatives.gov.au

Entries for the competition close at 11.59pm AEST on Monday 15th September 2025.

This competition is a wonderful way for our next generation of community leaders to have a say in our national parliament. I hope you can promote this to students at your school.