Speeches

Seventy five years ago in this city an elderly woman by the name of Helen Porter Armstrong passed away. Born in Melbourne in 1861, the daughter of a builder, she took to singing.

It is a great pleasure to launch the Future Fund this evening.

ACCI and its members play an important role in shaping Australia’s economy and representing the views of business to government.

It is a pleasure to be here with Asialink again, and to be speaking in Melbourne which next month will host the 8th annual meeting of the Group of Twenty (G‑20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank G

I am very pleased to be here to launch the East Asia Forum and the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.  It will surprise few that the ANU has played a key role in the creation of these forum

Thank you for inviting me to speak with you this evening.  I am delighted to be here.

Christ lived his entire life on earth under the Roman Empire. He was crucified by the Romans. Mostly the apostles died at the hands of the political authorities.

Introduction

Introduction

To Phil Baressi, thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for the warmth and the love that is in this room tonight.

First of all to my colleagues, I won’t acknowledge all of my colleagues that are here today but thank you for coming out.

Inside every AFL footballer there are three goals and a Norm Smith Medal to win the Premiership at a critical time.

Thank you very much for the invitation to be here today to launch the 15th Census.

May it please the Court, it is my honour today to represent the Attorney General, Philip Ruddock who is in Indonesia at the Australia Indonesia Ministerial Council and also in the capacity as Actin

Well thank you very much, Jana. It is a great pleasure to be here.

Thank you very much Mr Chairman for your invitation to be here today and thank you very, very much for the Independent Schools Council of Australia publication.

I can’t believe that I was here in 1998, I don’t think that I had finished school in 1998 actually Richard but if I was it has been a very long and pleasant association and as I am the coach here i

Thank you Ken, and thank you very much for having me back at the Press Club and can I especially welcome the men and women of the Australian press. Wonderful people.

As best as we can tell, tomorrow, the Commonwealth of Australia will eliminate its net debt. That makes tomorrow:- April 21, 2006:- Debt Free Day.

Senator Brett Mason, Your Honours, Excellencies, Members of the Armed Forces and the most important people in modern opinion, members of the press.