THUMB UP: For a trip to Canberra to meet Senate whip, Perin Davey.
VISIT: Codie Thompson, Henry Anderson, Amelia Thomson, Charlotte Partridge, Nat Mallon, Destiny Pepper, Charles Tuckfield, Samuel Haeta, Louis Gough, Olivia Parrish.
TI youth ambassadors representing this year’s festival have just returned from a trip to Canberra.
There they met with the National’s whip in the Senate, Perin Davey.
Senator Davey gave the ambassadors an insider’s view of the operation of the press gallery, and each of the youth ambassadors had the opportunity to tell her about the festival, the organizations they represented, and the charities they worked to raise funds for as part of the youth. . ambassador program.
The senator hosted a question-and-answer session with the young ambassadors, answering questions about her path to becoming a senator, her policies, her role in the federal government, and some of the challenges she faced.
There was also an opportunity for discussion about the forthcoming federal election.
Senator Davey grew up in Canberra and lives on Billabong Creek near Deniliquin, between the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers, raising his two daughters with husband John.
The senator’s working life has seen her run her own hospitality company on safari in Botswana, train as a journalist and serve Australia as an Army reservist.
The youth ambassadors will put their public speaking skills to the test when they host the festival’s opening dinner at the Cowra Civic Center on Friday, April 1st.