I'm pretty certain they won't ask for a feature article. Okay, they have asked for it in previous years, but it seems like BOS is moving away from it. For advanced, Module A would be an essay; Module B essay, possibly a speech; Module C - Essay, speech. My english teacher said that he's 95% sure that if they were going to give us a speech, it'd be for Module C. It makes sense just thinking about it, but I mean that's still not something to rely on, anything can happen.
I have a feeling, however, they're all going to be essays again. They might screw over next year's bunch as that would be the last year before they make changes to the syllabus, and maybe the extensive scope of three year's worth of work might actually be advantageous to next year's HSC students and so this might turn against them. I don't know, we could make assumptions for all we care, however theres a BIG "what if" at the end of the day. We shall find out in 9-10 days.