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Plain speaking Eliza
4 November 2009Eliza Forsyth may only be in the second year of her Arts/Law degree, but she’s already notched up a few prizes for her speaking talents. This year Eliza took out the Justice Michael Kirby Plain Speaking Award, a university-wide public speaking competition which tests competitors’ skill through a grueling series of heats, semis and a grand final involving both prepared and impromptu speeches. In October Eliza was also victorious in the fiercely contested Intercol Oration. Tackling the topic “Money,” Eliza argued that debates about money in the Australian media are mundane and cited examples of discussions we could and should be having around climate change deniers and disclosure of donations to academic research.
Eliza was also part of Sydney University’s winning team at this year’s Australian Intervarsity Debating Championships hosted by the University of Queensland. In December she will travel to Antalya in Turkey to compete in the World Universities Debating Championship. She is confident the experience will hone her debating skills even further: “Worlds is the highest level debating you can do at university and teams prep for month in order to compete. It’s like debating boot camp!” she says.
Eliza joins a shortlist of illustrious Women’s College debaters in recent years, and in recognition of her speaking talents she was awarded the Oration Cup at College Awards Dinner for 2009. Next year Eliza will add to her debating workload by convening the Australian Women’s Debating Championship at Sydney University in September.
