Speeches

2023

Address to National Press Club, Canberra

Introduction Social workers in schools always boost student outcomes. Drug offenders shouldn’t be treated differently. Malaria bed nets are more likely to be used if people pay for them.

Address to the Centre for Social Impact, Sydney

Social mobility I acknowledge the Gadigal people as traditional custodians of the land, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.

Address to the Data for Policy Summit, Canberra

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands and region.

Launch of the State of the Nation Report: Social Connection in Australia 2023, Canberra

Like Aunty Violet Sheridan, I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people on whose lands we meet today, acknowledge all First Nations people present, and commit myself to campaigning for a First Nations Voice

Address to the Annual Conference of the Charity Law Association of Australia, Melbourne

In the 2023‑24 Budget, we announced funding to enable increased disclosure of the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission’s regulatory activities to enhance transparency and accountabil

Address to ConnectUp 2023, Surfers Paradise

Introduction I acknowledge the traditional owners of the Yugambeh region, and all First Nations people present here today.

Video statement to Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum closing plenary, Wellington, New Zealand

Introduction Kia ora and hello. Australia and New Zealand enjoy a straight‑talking – sometimes playful – but always respectful relationship.

Address to Australian Conference of Economists, Brisbane

Since our panel has been asked to riff off Governor Lowe’s remarks in his lunchtime talk, I thought it would be helpful for me to focus on the ways in which developments in my portfolio of competit

Book launch of 'More Than Fiscal', Australian National University, Canberra

More than Fiscal: The Intergenerational Report, Sustainability and Public Policy in Australia is the best book about the Intergenerational Report that I have ever read.

Address to the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation 2023 Scholar Symposium, Australian National University, Canberra

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal People, the traditional custodians of the land on which we gather today and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region.

Address to Volunteering Australia Reception – National Volunteer Week, Government House, Canberra

Thank you all for joining us. My name is Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury.

Address to Yonsei University, Seoul

Introduction Thank you to the Institute of East and West Studies at Yonsei University for inviting me to speak here today.

Address to AMP Foundation 30th Anniversary, Sydney

Thank you for that generous introduction.

Address to COSBOA National Small Business Summit, Melbourne

Introduction I acknowledge the people of the Kulin Nations, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather today.

Address to Social Enterprise Roundtable, Parliament House, Canberra

Thanks Jess [Moore] and Tara [Anderson] for the introduction. It’s delightful to have so many generous altruists here in Parliament today.

Address to Monash University Business School, Melbourne

Introduction I acknowledge the people of the Kulin Nations, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather today.

Address to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Melbourne

I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin.

Address to CPA Australia, Sydney

Thanks very much, Wayne [Stokes], for the generous introduction. Thanks to all of you who have come here in person.

Address at the National 'Innovate with NBN' Awards Ceremony, Canberra

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, pay my respects to their elders, and commit myself, as a member of the Albanese Government, to the implementation in full of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

2022

Address to the Sydney Institute, Sydney

I acknowledge the Gadigal people, traditional custodians of the land on which we gather today, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.