Climate change, the drought and technology through the eyes of 20 year olds

Nadine Morton
Updated February 11 2020 - 3:12pm, first published 2:30pm
20 IN 2020: Jake Mackin, Ashwini Manorathan, Emilia Keen, Sam McFarlane, Lucy Miller and Tameka Kennedy will all turn 20 in 2020.
20 IN 2020: Jake Mackin, Ashwini Manorathan, Emilia Keen, Sam McFarlane, Lucy Miller and Tameka Kennedy will all turn 20 in 2020.

ALMOST a quarter of a million (249,600) Australians will turn 20 this year.

They were born in the year 2000 - a time when the Sydney Olympics was declared the "best Olympic Games ever", the GST was introduced and the Brisbane Broncos defeated the Roosters 14-6 in the NRL grand final.

It was also the aftermath of the Y2K Bug (also known as the Millennium Bug) and this year interest rates reached 6.25 per cent.

It was also the year that Tameka Kennedy (Bathurst), Ashwini Manorathan (Dubbo), Jake Mackin (Orange), Emilia Keen (Lithgow), Sam McFarlane (Mudgee) and Lucy Miller (Dubbo) were born.

These six young adults, all with different jobs and living in different parts of the region, are informed and interested in the world around them and have a keen interest in a better future.

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Nadine Morton

Nadine Morton

Senior journalist

Breaking news journalist at the Illawarra Mercury. Email: nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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