Fourteen year old Grace Mahon from Jamberoo has won Kiama’s Independence Day Speaking Competition.

The competition for high school students commemorated the strong oral submissions made against the proposed merger with Shoalhaven Council.

Grace won a trip for three to Vietnam, courtesy of Vietnam Airlines and Kiama Council.

The speaking competition was judged by the Hon Shelley Hancock, Speaker of the NSW Parliament, and a representative of Toastmasters.