On Saturday, Week 3 of Term 2, eight students represented PBC at the UQ Philosothon. Over the course of the day, 190 students from schools across Queensland discussed such issues as:

1. Some animals should have the same rights as humans
2. We should look forward to AIs that are smarter than us
3. The most important issue in the world today is the environment
4. We should work towards a single human culture

The purpose of the discussion is to collaborate in order to reach some kind of consensus. Intellectual discussion is exhausting so our very tired students were rewarded with placing in the top three schools and the right to compete at the Australasian Philosothon held later this year in Canberra. PBC students were a standout on the day as commented on by organisers and philosophy teacher judges. This is the fourth consecutive year that PBC competes at the Australasian Philosothon - a remarkable achievement considering the calibre of competing students and their schools.

Pictured: Back LtoR: Robbie James, Brock Watson, Kobi Wickens, Aiden Ikefuji, Nick Weeks, Georgia Loy

Front LtoR: Jessica Fairburn, Talulah Ratcliffe