Speeches

Introduction It is a pleasure to be here today to address the West Australian arm of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Good afternoon everyone and thank you for inviting me to address you today. I am delighted to be here to celebrate the first anniversary of the Workplace Giving initiative.

I must say, I am very pleased to be here to speak with you today – not only are the issues you are discussing interesting, but the temperature in Queensland is a good 20 degrees higher than i

Good morning to everyone and thank you for inviting me to speak to you this morning about what is, in my opinion, one of the most far-reaching and forward thinking Budgets delivered by the

I'm delighted to speak to the Insurance Council of Australia this evening.

I'm delighted to be with you today to officially launch the Financial Planning Association's Financial Planning Week 2004.

I am delighted to be here this morning to open the 2004 Corporate Tax Association Convention.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for this opportunity to talk to you today about financial literacy. It is a very fitting topic on which to conclude the Macquarie Bank lecture series on fraud.

Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today on Checking the Political Radar: Government and Insurance.

Intro Thank you. All signs point towards Superannuation policy headlining as a major election issue next year.

Thank you very much for that introduction …

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Introduction

Ladies and Gentlemen.

It gives me great pleasure to speak to an association that I have been a member of for 30 years.

Introduction

Ladies and Gentlemen. The pathway to reform is littered with the remains of unimplemented ideas.

With around 20 Bills currently stalled or about to be stalled in the Senate and double dissolution triggers piling up in the third Howard Government, it is not surprising that t

Ladies and Gentlemen.