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South Peninsula debaters come out tops
Southern Mail
|April 30, 2025
Southfield library, in partnership with Meadowridge library, hosted a debating competition on Wednesday, April 16, with 15 pupils going head to head on a range of topics.
This is the second competition of its kind at the library. Last year, Southfield, Meadowridge and Tokai libraries hosted the first annual inter-school debating competition.
The topics under debate were only revealed on the day, adding an extra challenge to the competition.
This year the topics debated included: whether harsher punishments should be mitigated against police than general citizens, child labour and changing the legal voting age from 18 to 16.
This story is from the April 30, 2025 edition of Southern Mail.
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