THEY'RE the future of Warwick, five fresh faced teens with big dreams for life beyond school.

For this group of Year 11 students at the School of Total Education, politics, the future and getting a fair go were all on the table when they sat down to chat with the Daily News yesterday.

Like many people their age, the teens haven't got politics high on their agendas.

But when asked what the incoming government could do to secure their future, they offered plenty of suggestions.

Among their priorities was education.

"With the funding through schools, they can put some into the equipment schools get," student Cameron Darton said.

Fellow student Steven Fern agreed, saying more funding was needed for equipment in schools.

"We could have more scholarships for university," student Harrison Taylor said.

As the conversation turned to the Fair Go campaign, the students were torn on whether statistics showing regional Australians had less jobs, less opportunities and shorter life spans were reflected in Warwick.

For Steven, who made the move from the city to come to Warwick, the statistics definitely seemed unfair.

"It's very hard to get into a certain area when you're in a rural area because you do have to know people in the town and if you don't, you sorta just fend for yourself," he said.

For a country boy like Harrison, coming from a regional area present challenges.

"To get a proper education like university you kinda have to adapt to city life and for country people like myself it's actually become quite a difficult challenge," he said.

The students offered solutions for what politicians could do to give better opportunities to regional Australians.

"Instead of lowering the taxes for people earning over $80,000 a year, maybe lower it down for people who earn under," Harrison said.

Cameron suggested better funding for smaller businesses, while fellow student Emily Lackner had better education funding on her mind.

"Try and give equipment and schooling funds to smaller schools that don't have the facilities to give kids the same education as people in the city," she said.

Despite the disparity between the regions and the cities, the students were optimistic about life in regional Australia.

When asked if Australia was becoming a better or worse place to live, Emily said there were pros and cons to every country.

"There's always things changing, some for the better and some for the worse," she said.

Steven said it depended on the person.

"For some it may be improving but for other its could be worsening," he said.

There's good news for regional Australia though, with only three of the five students indicating their futures could be in the city.

"Coming from a city I much prefer the regional areas," Steven said.