The hard-hitting questions came surprisingly thick and fast as Chief Minister Katy Gallagher held the territory's first virtual youth cabinet at the University of Canberra's new InSPIRE centre.

Hailed as the latest digital networking breakthrough for the territory, the meeting used video conferencing to link five ministers on laptops into a virtual meeting with students in the classrooms of the Burgmann, Hawker, Canberra, Erindale and St Francis Xavier colleges.

All 10 screens could be viewed from each of the six sites, with views of the five schools and ministers (Ms Gallagher, Simon Corbell, Chris Bourke, Andrew Barr and Joy Burch) grouped on the left and separate chat windows to the right for ''questions only'' and ''general chatter''.

Hawker College students didn't waste any time, asking whether there was any consideration to drop the legal voting age to 16 before asking if the ACT government would use its new self-determination powers to bring a conscience vote on euthanasia.

The group later revealed a hidden motive to their questioning after dropping hints they were strong Labor supporters.

''If you drop the legal voting age to 16 we'll vote for you,'' they said, before adding: ''To be honest we just want to help ensure the Liberal Party does not get into power''.

Erindale College and Canberra College both quizzed the government on what it was doing to gain greater respect on the international stage, including its strategies for being able to vote on issues such as same sex marriage without being vetoed by the federal government.

The hour-long meeting also included questions revolving around affordable housing, legalising marijuana use, unemployment rates, school funding, traffic congestion, motor licensing, public art, sustainable living and international relations.

Mr Corbell, the Emergency Services and Sustainable Development Minister, received a round of applause for one of his answers and several other ministers received a thumbs up and ''thanks'' for posting links to support their arguments.

But Ms Gallagher said the students were a tough crowd.

''I don't know what the difference is between young people and us once we get older but they always ask the tough questions. They don't just accept things for how they are,'' she said.

''It's very different to the Twitter Cabinet, which has never really gotten outside of local government issues like public transport.

''These students' questions were more high level, they wanted to know about their future.''

Ms Gallagher said the conference had been a huge success, with a few minor technical glitches being quickly overcome as all users became more confident with the technology.

''The only change I would like to make is to see the next one become less regulated, a bit more free-flowing,'' she said.

''Today's format was very much questions-answer-question whereas I'd like it to be more of a discussion.''