Thalia Penninkilampi from Penrith High School has been announced as the overall winner of the 2010 What Matters? Competition. Thalia, who is in Year 10, received the award on Tuesday 22 June at a ceremony attended by Ms Thérèse Rein and Mrs Margaret Whitlam AO. As overall winner of the Whitlam Institute 2010 What Matters Competition she received $250.00, a trophy and a brand new laptop and software package from the competition sponsor Officeworks.
Read Thalia's winning entry (PDF, 71Kb)
The Whitlam Institute and the University of Western Sydney School of Law were delighted to present a lecture on 25 February at Gilbert + Tobin's offices by The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG. The lecture 'International Law and Human Rights: Gough Whitlam’s transformative vision' is now available to watch online on the Whitlam Institute YouTube Channel.
Full text from the lecture is also available to download here.
Entries are now open for the annual What Matters competition, which asks young people in Years 5 to 12 across NSW and the ACT to write 400 – 600 words about what matters to them.
Entries close Friday 30 April 2010. Entry forms are available to download here.
For more information, and to download the winning entries from previous years, please visit the What Matters page on our website.
Cash and other prizes will be awarded to the winner and runner up in each category, and every entrant will receive a certificate of participation.
What Matters? 2010 is proudly sponsored by Officeworks
For more information please call 02 9685 9187.
Former Judge and well-known advocate of Human Rights, The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG will examine former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's transformative vision of International Law and Human Rights in a lecture presented by the Whitlam Institute and the UWS School of Law. Drinks and light refreshments will be served. Seats are limited, so RSVP is essential by 19 FEb to info@whitlam.org or by calling 02 9685 9187
- When:
- 25th Feb 2010 – 12:00 am -
- Where:
- Gilbert+Tobin, Level 37, 2 Park Street Sydney
- Cost:
- Free entry. Limited seating so RSVP is essential by 19 Feb.
