Speeches
AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN POLICY IN A NEW WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY
11 November 2024
Thanks, Heather, for the invitation and the very kind introduction.
It’s hard to imagine a more important time to meet, or a more welcome opportunity.
Just after the most consequential American election we’ve seen.
And just before our own Prime Minister joins his colleagues and counterparts at APEC in Peru and G20 meetings in Brazil.
We have plenty to discuss.
CUTTING COMPLIANCE COSTS AND BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY
11 March 2024
Thanks Michael and James, thanks Phil for the chance to have a chat shortly, and thanks to the Financial Review and BHP for hosting us here in Sydney, and for the invitation to speak today.
I acknowledge the Gadigal people on whose lands we meet, and pay respects to elders, customs and traditions.
Condolence motion for Bill Hayden, House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra
28 November 2023
Thank you to the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader for wonderful, heartfelt tributes which do great justice to the life of a great man.
Energy, the economy, and this defining decade
22 November 2023
Keynote address to the Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Melbourne
RESILIENCE AND RISK
20 November 2023
Thank you Tony, the HSBC team, and Ticky Fullerton for a really welcome opportunity to address you all at this Asia Pacific Board Summit on Gadigal country, and here at the NSW Art Gallery in Sydney.
Humble, historic and a government with a Hayden-esque hue
10 November 2023
Fifth Hayden oration, Ipswich, Queensland
The perfectibility of opportunity
04 October 2023
Brighter Future For All Oration, Griffith University, Brisbane City Hall
Maximising the future of our regions
27 September 2023
Address to Western Queensland Alliance of Councils (WQAC) Assembly, Winton
Address to National Drought Forum, Rockhampton
26 September 2023
Thank you, Oli, for that lovely introduction.
I’d like to acknowledge the Darumbal People as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet –