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What makes a great Takeover entry? Have a read through these suggestions to help you craft your story.
Young people at a table laughing together.

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Get more info about the Takeover workshops we can run for your group.
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Takeover Ballarat

Takeover Ballarat is a new ABC initiative that creates a powerful platform for Ballarat's youth to be heard.

Takeover Tamar Valley

Takeover Tamar Valley is a new ABC initiative that creates a powerful platform for Tasmania's youth to be heard.
Heywire Tamar Valley logo.

Takeover Burnie

Takeover Burnie is a new ABC initiative that creates a powerful platform for Burnie's youth to be heard.
The Takeover Burnie logo.

Takeover Goldfields

Takeover Goldfields is a powerful platform for Goldfields youth to be heard.
The Takeover Goldfields logo.

Takeover Latrobe Valley

Takeover Latrobe Valley on Gunaikurnai country celebrates the stories and ideas of young people.
Logo for Takeover Latrobe Valley.

Takeover Lismore

Takeover Lismore creates a powerful platform for Lismore's youth to be heard.

Meet more of our story tellers

I have a secret weapon that's helping me train – I crochet

I have ADHD and anxiety, so I need to train my mind as well as my body if I want to make it as an NBA player. 
Young man in black branded shirt holds basketball with one hand on the right of the camera and smiles.
Duration: 2 minutes 44 seconds

Ballarat is home to the best jousters, and I want to be one of them

I love everything about medieval horse riding, but nothing compares to the feeling of jousting.
Young girl with an outback widebrim hat smiles into the camera. Theres is a white horse and a paddock in the background.
Duration: 2 minutes 43 seconds

When mum went to prison I lived in 14 different homes

I’m technically homeless, but my life has never felt more stable.
Teenage girl looks into camera with a big smile with lake and palm tree in the background
Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds

I hope teens feel inspired seeing me as their Youth Mayor

Claire from Gunaikurnai Country.
Young woman with shoulder length brown hair standing outside in a park, grass, bare trees, smiling pointing to her tshirt logo.
Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds

As I keep walking this path I hope to light the way for others to follow

Xavier from Bundjalung Country.
A young Indigenous man with curly shoulder-length hair in a grey hoodie in front of a fig tree
Duration: 44 seconds

I don't mind if you're curious about my hijab, just don't be cruel

I can't control how people see me, but I can control what I wear and how I react.
Young woman wearing a dark red hijab and glasses smiles powerfully into the camera. There is a shadow of her hijab in the backg
Duration: 3 minutes 20 seconds

I'm a fierce Ngadju footy player. If you take me on, I'll win

I'm one of the best players in the region and I'm on track to be drafted for the AFLW.
A teenage girl looks off and smiles into the distance holding an Australian rules football, in front of a football club.
Duration: 2 minutes 34 seconds

I'd love to go skydiving, but the air could kill me

I'm one of the few Australians living with hereditary angioedema. It causes my body to swell uncontrollably.
A red‑haired teenage boy wearing glasses smiles while standing in front of a house, dressed in a black jumper.
Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds
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