The winners of the 2018 Parliament Prize competition have received their awards at Parliament House.
The President of the Legislative Council Bruce Atkinson and the Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath presented the awards to the winning students.
The winners of the 2018 Parliament Prize competition have received their awards at Parliament House.
The President of the Legislative Council Bruce Atkinson and the Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath presented the awards to the winning students.
International Day of Democracy was celebrated at Parliament House with a community day and debating competition.
Three university debating teams and a team of parliamentary staff competed for the Democracy Day trophy.
Multicultural community leaders were welcomed to Parliament House for a forum to coincide with International Day of Democracy.
Chaired jointly by the President of the Legislative Council Bruce Atkinson and the Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission Helen Kapalos, the forum brought together a diverse range of leaders for a discussion on how parliament can grow its engagement with Victoria’s multicultural community.
The catastrophic consequences for the world from any use of nuclear weapons were spelled out in detail at the 2018 Deakin Oration held at Parliament House.
Hosted by the Victorian Parliament’s Presiding Officers, this year’s oration was presented by Dr Tilman Ruff, an associate professor at the University of Melbourne and founding co-chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.