Speeches

This is my first address to the Lowy Institute and I would like to begin by thanking Frank Lowy and his family for their generous support of this increasingly influential institution.

In the depths of Opposition I chose to climb my first mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro.

It's a great pleasure to be addressing the Centre for Independent Studies in my first domestic keynote address as Treasurer.

It is just over a month since the Liberal National Coalition led by Tony Abbott achieved an emphatic victory in the Australian election.