"I'm never, ever going to forget you or the message you've told," said Alexandra Gartmann, chief executive of the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, after hearing eight incredible ideas for regional communities at the 16th annual Heywire Regional Youth Summit.
"I'm sharing my story about how my dad got caught up in alcohol and ended his life," says 17-year-old Annetionette Kelly from Alice Springs.
Five minutes to shake-up reality, to make a dream a possibility and to impress policy makers who are generations older than them.
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