27 MAY 2008
A panel of three Victorian secondary students will question The Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Youth and Sport and William Zillman, Canberra Raiders first grade rugby league player about sport in a Talkback Classroom forum at the National Museum of Australia on Wednesday, May 28.
The panel will investigate a range of areas including the challenges in getting kids to participate in sport, the introduction of drugs into the sporting arena and the concept of the diminishing talent pool in Australian sport.
The senior secondary students participating in the forum are Natasha Rooney, Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School; Jamie Blaker, Melbourne High School and Sarah Robertson, Girton Grammar School.
WHAT: Talkback Classroom: Kate Ellis and William Zillman
WHEN: 10am, Wednesday, May 28, 2008
WHERE: Studio, National Museum of Australia
For more information please contact Caroline Vero on 02 6208 5338,
0438 620 710 or media@nma.gov.au