YMCA Youth Parliament

Hon. Dempsey Bloom MP, 2012 Member for Wollondilly and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs debates the Aboriginal Funding Control Bill 2012. New South Wales.
Youth Parliament 2013 Recruitment Logo.

The YMCA Youth Parliament is a YMCA run youth model parliament program.[1][2] There is a YMCA youth parliament in every Australian State and Territory.[3]

Participants spend time in committees developing bills, and then attend a week-long camp during which the legislation and other motions are debated in the state parliament. Successfully passed bills are handed to the state government and opposition for consideration.[4][5]

  1. ^ Kate Matthews. "Teens get taste of political life; Students get an inside view of Parliament." Daily Examiner Grafton, N.S.W. 2010.
  2. ^ Evelyn Douglas, Jessica Harris (2008). Why Not the Best Schools?: The Australia Report. Australian Council for Education Research. p. 19. ISBN 978-0864319791.
  3. ^ "Youth Parliament". YMCA Headquarters. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  4. ^ "YMCA NSW Youth Parliament | Get Active | YMCA NSW - Servicing the Community for over 150 years!". Ymcasydney.org. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  5. ^ Emma Pritchard. "New voice joins the parliament; Talia inspired by her schoolmate's success." Daily Examiner Grafton, N.S.W.. 2011. HighBeam Research. Retrieved 15 April 2013.