Judge: Fenja Berglund Winner: Julia Gillard Scores: Gillard 77 | Abbott 75 Reasons: There is a fine line between driving home a consistent line and repeating platitudes unsubstantiated by evidence. Although both speakers at times skated towards the latter, Julia Gillard helped herself stay on track by establishing and following a clear line of argument … Continue reading
Fenja Berglund won the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships in 1994 and the World Universities Debating Championships (Worlds) in 1996 for Macquarie University. She was ranked second best individual speaker at Worlds. She now lives in Sydney and works as a barrister.