Speeches

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today.

Thank you very much Mr Chairman, for giving me the opportunity to launch Sinews of War - The Defence Budget in 2003, and How We Got There, which was an interesting reminde

Thank you very much Guy, and Jock, and all of the people who run this wonderful forum, it really is impressive to see young Australians who are interested in faith and val

Chairman of Trustees, Premier, Members of Parliament, veterans, widows and dependants of veterans. Ladies and Gentleman.

Over most of the 20th Century there was a substantial rise in the size of government and the regulation of the economy in the Western democracies.

Well thank you very much for this opportunity to talk to you about the financial services reform agenda.

The pollsters and the professional advisers will tell you that it is dangerous to become reflective about political life. If you reflect on things you are liable to say what you think.

Since 1856 Anglicare has served as a vehicle by which the Anglican Church has provided welfare services to the community.

Thank you very much, John [Rossant - Moderator, European Editor Business Week]. Can I start off by saying I do not think we need to re-think the concept of a corporation.

Thank you for offering me the opportunity to speak here this morning. I want to talk today about two interrelated themes.

We stand in a place of solemn remembrance. We think of the fallen resting in their graves. We see their headstones.

As we stand here, with the light about to break, we wonder what they must have felt as they looked out from their landing ships and thought about what lay before them.

During the eight months of the Gallipoli Campaign, from April to December 1915, more than one million soldiers, from sixteen different nations, fought over this land.

I would like to thank the Auckland Chamber of Commerce for the invitation to speak to you this morning.

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, it's not often that I get to launch something specifically designed for amusement, so it gives me genuine pleasure to be here today to launch t

I flew up here this evening from the Parliamentary sitting in Canberra, and as I was walking through the terminal at Sydney Airport, a man came up to me and said: "My name's David.

Thank you for your invitation to speak here tonight.

My aim today is to describe the policy direction we will need to take to lay the groundwork for a steady growth in our children's economic prosperity and wellbeing: not just for this electora

Introduction Thank you for affording me the privilege of delivering the keynote address this evening.

TREASURER: Commissioner Kendrew, Les Owen, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.