Students
Years 9-12
Years 9-12
Role-play as the federal and state levels of government as they work together to manage issues and provide services for the whole of Australia.
To get the most out of this activity, students will need to have knowledge and understanding of the issue to be debated. You could choose a contemporary issue the class has researched, write a hypothetical scenario that has relevance to your unit of study or choose one of the broad ideas below as a starting point.
CONCURRENT POWER |
ISSUE OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE |
Education |
School funding |
Emergency management |
Natural disaster |
Health |
Global pandemic |
Environment |
Water rights |
Taxation |
Increasing the rate of the GST |
Parliamentary Education Office
Parliamentary Education Office