Speeches

-- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY -- So much of what we call Australian life and legend is West Australian life and legend. Tim Winton's Cloudstreet

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Mr SHORTEN (Maribyrnong—Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation) (13:39): 

Tax as social solidarity Steve Martin once said that talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

Introduction Thank you for inviting me along, friends.

Introduction Good evening, all. Tonight is about history and the future - so let's talk some history first.

Good evening, The Census is fascinating. According to the last Census, there are 105 people in Australia who speak a made-up language at home.

Introduction Good afternoon. I'd like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and pay my respects to elders both past and present.

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-- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY -- Mr Speaker, the Gillard Government believes Australians should achieve a more comfortable and secure life when they retire.

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-- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY -- Introduction The great bush poet Henry Lawson once wrote:

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-- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY -- It is rare for nations who have been at war to be as close in mutual esteem as Australia and Vietnam have come to be.

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-- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY -- Thank you and good morning. 'The Iceman Cometh' wrote Eugene O'Neill back in 1939.