Since 1995, the Queensland Department of Education has run a program of school constitutional conventions each year. The conventions educate senior secondary students about the Australian Constitution and how it guides our democracy. They involve students from all 3 sectors – state, Catholic and independent.
2022 Queensland Schools Constitutional Convention
The 2022 Queensland Schools Constitutional Convention investigated the constitutional issue, 'do we need an Australian Bill of Rights?'.
Students from Years 7 to 11 participated in the program via:
- an online statewide convention held through Canvas, which was accessible by all state and non-state schools and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, on
Tuesday 26 July
- a face-to-face North Queensland convention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Townsville on
Thursday 13 October.
Queensland’s delegates to the 2023 National Schools Constitutional Convention
Participants attending Queensland’s convention program elected a team of delegates to attend the 2023
National Schools Constitutional Convention. These delegates attend the following schools:
- Ambrose Treacy College
- Bremer State High School
- Bowen State High School
- Clifton State High School
- Coomera Anglican College
- Craigslea State High School
- Heatley Secondary College
- Kepnock State High School
- Marist College Ashgrove
- Pimlico State High School
- Queensland Academy for Health Sciences
- Ryan Catholic College
- St James College
- St Margaret Mary’s College
- St Patricks College (2)
- St Rita’s College
- Tannum Sands State High School
- The Rockhampton Grammar School
- Thuringowa State High School
- Wavell State High School
- Wilsonton State High School
- Yeronga State High School.
The 2023 National Schools Constitutional Convention will be held from Tuesday 21 March – Thursday 23 March 2023 at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra.