A TAMWORTH teen who sat on the panel of a nationally-televised program to discuss issues affecting young people has vowed to continue his fight for education.
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The program covered everything from education to same-sex marriage, with panellists responding to questions from a live audience.
“It was very, very exciting,” Mr Brown said on Tuesday.
“A highlight was when I got clapped after I spoke about the government not being elected to do the blame game and on the same-sex marriage debate, I think because I spoke to the true beliefs of what Australians want.”
Mr Brown landed the gig after submitting an audition video to appear on the show.
“A few months ago, I sent in an audition video after they put out an Australia-wide call for students to sit on a school panel,” Mr Brown said.
“I was selected to do it in NSW.
“I’m very excited, obviously.
“(When I found out), I started straight away on some ideas I wanted to talk about.
“My role on the panel is to answer questions that get asked, but I’m very keen to speak about education and the role education plays in laying the foundations of the country’s future.”
Mr Brown has had a passion for politics and philosophy from a young age, leading him to be a guest speaker at many conventions.
He has also been involved in public speaking and debating throughout his schooling, representing his school in both, as a state finalist, his blurb on the Q&A website details.
Mr Brown is still tossing up what he wants to study next year at university – either film in Sydney, or completing a politics, philosophy and economics degree at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Mr Brown hopes to one day have a career in politics to represent issues close to his heart such as education, protecting future generations, environmental sustainability, embracing diversity and further supporting disadvantaged Australians, Q&A reports.
Mr Brown was the only regional student selected to sit on the panel, with his counterparts all hailing from Sydney.
