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Future Leaders is a national Initiative about leadership and the future of Australia. It seeks to involve, inform and inspire young people.
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Essays by young writers.
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“Australia has long carried the tag of being the ‘lucky’ country. It is a nation that claims to have overcome the barriers of racism …”
“Go to university, they said, you’ll need it to get a job.
Get a job, they said, you’ll need it to buy a house.
Buy a house, they said, you’ll need it to get a mortgage …”
“Your sister tried to call today. Twice. You didn’t notice, you were like that. Distracted. Your mind always wandering, refusing to come to rest …”
“We are told that Australia is the “lucky country”. A country where our most attractive asset is our multicultural community …”
“A morning chill whipped by, harshly slicing into the rider’s face. He inhaled the cool air mingled with salt from the sea …”
“I open the fridge and my drinks are gone and I think that it’s Sara or James, but they’re nowhere to be seen and I’m still sober …”
“And tongues of red flames leapt into the night sky, licking at the stars and charring them black, such was the brilliance of the fire …”
“It is the year 2008, the month is April. The tension and hatred pervading this period can be felt, the havoc and corruption can be seen …”
“For a job, Mr Anubis burnt art.
This is how he felt about it:
Days detached from wire hangers and wall hooks, they slid off
with his suit and bowler hat …”
“Wailwan is probably a lot like any other country town with a population of about two and a half thousand. There’s a lot of dirt …”
“Thomas Jefferson once said;
Question with boldness even the existence of a …”
“One morning, in the pale early winter, a man enters the train station. He moves in a strange pattern — all hands and knees and torso …”
“Sophie walked towards the science room, her stomach tingling with apprehension. She dreaded this class. The tables …”
“As they neared the Downsville pub, Sophie felt the others around her slowing, as though uncertain …”
“ANZAC day is a day of reflection — of remembrance — and of respect, a day in which we and millions alike gather to commemorate …”
“Everyone knows Savannah is the school slut. She’s been fucked by every guy on the football team – every guy except me, it seems. She wears lipstick shades named Russian Red and Audacious on a mouth that has done who knows what. Her hair falls to her waist in a mass of blonde extensions …”
“I know your secret.
Yes, you, with the wide eyes and sunny smile and hair tied
back by a ribbon. With the freckles and the dreams. Wearing
your school hat …”
“It was only on windy days that Jimmy would pull out the chessboard and ask me about the meaning of life …”
“We stand on the edge breathless,
Poised at a nexus in the ages, …”
“The lines of fact and fiction are often blurred. The side of cold unchangeable facts often collide with a place of pink elephants …”
“Feeling a little ignored? Need a place in the sun? An invitation to an A-list event? There are not many ways to be memorable in the …”
“Amidst the calm and quiet of a warm October’s day, an old man sits silently in an ancient wicker chair on his front porch …”
“1. Pernicious (adj.); extremely destructive or harmful.
His middle name. That should have been a warning, not an
invitation, but I always misread the signals, and when he took
my hand under the party lights …”
“Theold man sat on the bench and watched the people walk by. If one were to ask him how he got there he would not be able to answer …”
“As a student, I am, by definition, unlikely to ever feel motivated about accomplishing tasks that have been set by a given teacher …”
“Tape?
Check.
We can’t run out of tape now, can we? That would not be
splendid. Not at all. Thank God he always kept some around …”
“When a disgusted John Howard called for the “stupid program” Big Brother to get “off the air”, he moved into philosophically …”
“I don’t give two hoots about climate change. Well, I didn’t use to anyway. During a conversation with a friend last year …”
“The morning is fresh, crisp. The sun is dazzling to my eyes, so I pull my sunglasses from the top of my head. They come as relief …”
“It ended with a kick. A single kick, and the entire world collapsed in on itself. From her crouched position up against the crumbling brick wall …”
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