Have Your Say Day is a youth-led initiative providing an annual platform for young people across the Northern Beaches to engage directly with elected leaders, youth sector professionals and community members on important topics impacting them. 

Young people aged 12 to 24 are surveyed and the results are used to inform presentations given by school leaders to local representatives and decision makers.

To help build advocacy skills and empower and prepare presenters ahead of the event, the Office for Youth, a key partner in the event, facilitated an advocacy workshop with the young leaders.

Have Your Say Day 2026 was hosted by Stella Maris College on Wednesday 20 May, and saw students from 9 schools present on 8 topics of importance raised in the survey.

The Have Your Say Day - 2026 Report is a summary of the findings of the youth voice survey, along with transcripts of the presentations given on the night and will be made available soon.

Survey Reports from 2024 and 2025 can be found below.

The initiative is coordinated by student leaders from local high schools known as the Beaches Leadership Team, with the support of Council and our Youth Advisory Group.