“Human Writes” Essay Competition 2006
Commission – General
“Human Writes” Essay Competition 2006
Winners
New South Wales
Senior Essay - Ashish Thomas, ‘War on terrorism and human rights’ - Winner (PDF - 196 KB)
Senior Essay - Larissa Fogden, ‘One simple moment’ - Runner Up (PDF - 92 KB)
Senior Essay - Laura Celine Haughey, ‘The Rights of the Innocent’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 136 KB)
Senior Essay - Keely Gordon-King, ‘Guantanamo Bay’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 164 KB)
Senior Essay - Tanvir Uddin, ‘In Truth and Education’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 155 KB)
Junior Essay - Stephen Garofano, Untitled - Winner (PDF - 115 KB)
Junior Essay - Emma Bayliss, ‘Disposable People’ - Runner Up (PDF - 114 KB)
Junior Essay - Isabella Wong, ‘The Hideous Face of Racism’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 111 KB)
Junior Essay - Nathan Petersen, ‘What does it mean to be a refugee?’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 65 KB)
Junior Essay - Kent Nguyen, Untitled - Highly Commended (PDF - 114 KB)
Victoria
Senior Essay - Daniel Norrie, ‘A Small World’ - Winner (PDF - 156 KB)
Senior Essay - Sunday Gullifer, ‘Globalisation: the world’s problems are Australia’s problems’ - Runner Up (PDF - 242 KB)
Senior Essay - Timothy Pope, ‘Unchaining my mind’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 115 KB)
Senior Essay - Rebecca Li, ‘Behind the door’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 78 KB)
Junior Essay - Jessica Lam, ‘Living the High Life’ - Winner (PDF - 85 KB)
Junior Essay - Natalie Yu, ‘How I began to look at human rights in a new way’ - Runner Up (PDF - 81 KB)
Junior Essay - Stephanie Faiman, ‘The Stolen Generation’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 93 KB)
Queensland
Senior Essay - Alex Evans, ‘Poverty and Exploitation Affecting Children’ - Winner (PDF - 170 KB)
Senior Essay - Esther Whyte, ‘Then I’ll do it myself’ - Runner Up (PDF - 106 KB)
Senior Essay - Benjamin O’Sullivan, ‘Human rights denied in Australia’ - Runner Up (PDF - 136 KB)
Senior Essay - Naomi Dickson, Untitled - Highly Commended (PDF - 130 KB)
Junior Essay - Eleri Charlton, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’ - Winner (PDF - 115 KB)
Junior Essay - Lisa Kelly, ‘Children, Families and other Immigrants in Detention’ - Runner Up (PDF - 107 KB)
Junior Essay - Liam Bulloch, ‘Immigrants not given a fair go’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 86 KB)
Junior Essay - Eliza Dixon, ‘The people around us’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 129 KB)
South Australia
Senior Essay - Laura Siebels, ‘An Essential Difference’ - Winner (PDF - 145 KB)
Junior Essay - Breman Janarthanan, ‘Injustice against real Australians’ - Winner (PDF - 74 KB)
Western Australia
Senior Essay - Anna Farrant, ‘Out in the Cold’ - Winner (PDF - 139 KB)
Senior Essay - Amy Murphy, ‘The Downward Spiral’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 110 KB)
Senior Essay - Teneal Coad, ‘Here’s a Memory’ - Highly Commended (PDF - 140 KB)
Junior Essay - Rachael Davies, ‘Children’s Rights’ - Winner (PDF - 89 KB)
Junior Essay- Natalie Marchese, ‘Human Rights’ - Runner Up (PDF - 109 KB)
Tasmania
Senior Essay - Hannah Kamo, 'Human Rights - Refugees' - Winner (PDF - 107 KB)
Junior Essay - Anna Mariko Tominaga, 'Black, white, yellow, grey' - Winner (PDF - 98 KB)
Junior Essay - Torren Woolley, 'How equal is our society?' - Runner Up (PDF - 113 KB)