Ballarat Christian College
Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (13:55): I would also like to acknowledge Ballarat Christian College, who I had the pleasure of meeting during the week. I went and spoke to the year 8 students, who were very keen to talk about civics, citizenship, how laws are made, what life is like in politics and how young people can really engage in the political process. I want to pay tribute to the teachers of Ballarat Christian College, who do an awesome job. They have been operating since 2003, so they are one of the newer schools in Ballarat. They are certainly one of the stronger and growing schools, particularly in the Sebastopol area. They have done a great job in producing really caring, thoughtful, well-rounded young students. I congratulate them on their work and congratulate the year 8 students for some very interesting questions, including a request for a prediction on the US election, which I did not have an answer for.