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University challenge: Caption contest winners

A pair of students win tickets to see Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the 2023 Lowy Lecture and Dinner.

8 December 20231 min read

Presenting the results from a fun little contest to give university students a chance to win tickets to the 2023 Lowy Lecture and Dinner. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver the lecture on 19 December at Sydney Town Hall, with the event now sold out!

Many thanks to all that submitted captions. We had a fantastic array of offerings. The two winning entries are presented below.

Photo A winner: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak putting a best foot forward.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shows off his socks to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (Stefan Rousseau/AFP via Getty Images) — Stefan Rousseau/AFP via Getty Images

Photo B winner Ziyan Tejani: “This one needs to be tightened,” said Foreign Minister Penny Wong. “Trust me, having been in the Australian senate for two decades, I know a loose cannon when I see one.”

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly view a cannon on the gun deck of British warship HMS Victory in Portsmouth, England (Toby Melville via Getty Images) — Toby Melville via Getty Images

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