If I Were Premier For A Day - 2005
	Renata Petrakis is the overall winner for the Premier for a Day of 2005 Victoria Dootson is a finalist for 2005 Antonietta Antonino is a finalist for 2005

The second year of the Premier for a Day Competition has proven to be as intense as the first. The responses to the question, "What would you do if you were Premier for a Day?", again it was showen that the youth of today have a detailed knowledge and concern of what is going on in the world around them. Various issues addressed by entrants were the Murray River, Power Production, and the availability of Education.

Below are the entries of the Overall Winner and Finalists.

Antonietta's response was: I may be a little biased, but I believe that Adelaide is the best city in the world. What do I love about Adelaide? Of course, I have my family and friends here. But there is also the simple beauty of the landscape, the history, the culture and the people. So if I was the Premier for a day, I'd spend it on promoting the place I call my home. I would particularly try to get South Australians proud of our state, because I believe that when you live in a place like this long enough, you tend to take if for granted. As we are the festival state, I would organise a festival celebrating South Australia's history, educating children on how our state came to be. I would also display the South Australian food and wine, music, films, etc. I would use my influence in other parts of the country to promote South Australia. I would try to persuade people from other states to visit our state. I would also promote companies, asking help from South Australian celebrities. Lastly I would take Adelaide to the world. It is a city that is often overlooked, and some foreigners do not even know of its existence. I would again, use celebrities as spokespeople, promoting South Australia as a tourist destination or home, creating awareness in other countries. I believe that with the right amount of promotion, Australia's best-kept secret would be exposed; Adelaide, South Australia.

Victoria's response was: For the next few moments, while you are reading this imagine that I, Victoria Dootson, am the Premier of South Australia. Though John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia has not signed the Kyoto agreement to minimise pollution, let us South Australians set an example. I believe we should do this by encouraging solar energy, as fossil fuel power stations cause a large amount of pollution. It would be more than a step forward for our state if we were the first state to be completely solar powered. There are three main things that I think would help create a solar powered environment. Firstly, to people who are building a house, apartment or building of any kind I would put a certain amount of our funding to go towards solar powering. The amount would vary depending on their income. Secondly I would encourage possible solar energy distributors to stock appropriate panels for housing needs. I would also put more of our funding towards research, development, manufacturing and distribution. By subsidising the industry it'll make it easier for the general public to purchase solar panels without having to worry about going into debt. Thirdly, I would gradually switch all the government buildings over to solar power within 5 years. To conclude I will mention that there are other sources of non-polluting energy, but I believe solar power is the one we should really look into, so South Australia really can have a lot to look forward to in the future

Renata's response was: If I were premier for a day I would address the following issues. I believe that there is a lack of education funding in Australia, this has lead to kids missing out on extra curriculum activities such as Sport, Art, and Music I also strongly believe that the new generation of children are not being educated enough about alcohol, drugs and teenage pregnancy. I would allocate funds in public schools for an extra 2000 specialist teachers to support in this area. There is most certainly a lack of funding and awareness about intellectually disabled children and adults. I think there should be more funded programs. Most of these adults have no jobs and no social outlet to attend to. Too many disabled people are left on their own, live in poverty or are taken advantage of. I not only believe this is wrong but I believe its an absolute outrage to the Australian society. There are also young children with learning disabilities, more school programs should be occurring to assist the children, as they are our future generation. There are also young adults that need extra help in their subjects. A scheme that subsidises tuition for people who require extra learning assistance in higher education in order to assist them in achieving the grades they require to enter university. This therefore expands job opportunities for young people. There should be rewards and recognition for young adults who continue onto university to encourage them to stay and complete the rest of their degrees. I believe a once a year bonus upon completion of their year to persuade and push them to continue on their studies.