Speeches

Thanks for that warm welcome and for having me here today. And thanks for allowing me to sub in for the Prime Minister who dearly wanted to be here herself.

Thanks, Stephen [Halmarick], for that introduction, and thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's an honour to speak to you. I find myself in esteemed company. I'd like to acknowledge: the Governor of Victoria, the Hon.

Thanks for that kind welcome, and the invitation to speak today.

Thanks Laurie (Wilson) for the introduction; thanks to the Press Club for organising such a good turnout; and thanks for the warm welcome.

Thank you all for coming along tonight and for such a warm welcome.

Mr Speaker, since the darkest days of the global financial crisis, I have regularly updated members on international developments and their implications for Australia.

Today marks a very important milestone in the history of regional telecommunications in Australia.

Thank you, Professor Philip Taylor, for that kind introduction, and for inviting me to speak today.

>It's great that you could all make it along today to be involved in this conference which goes to the very core of what modern Labor is about. I want to say at the outset that I'm a great optim

Delegates, I move the economics chapter of our platform.

p>Delegates, it's my tremendous privilege as the Deputy Leader of the Labor Party to follow the Prime Minister in seconding this statement of values – the very soul of our Platform.

p>Thank you for your warm welcome and thank you Dr [Mohan] Kaul for the kind introduction.  I would also like to acknowledge the Nobel Prize winner in our midst – Professor [Edward] Prescot

p>Thank you for that kind introduction, for such a warm welcome, and for inviting me to come and talk with you here in London. Just a fortnight ago I addressed a similar group in New York, whe

Mr Speaker, three years ago to the day the Government moved decisively to secure our financial sector with guarantees of bank deposits and wholesale funding.

Mr Speaker, last week the Government convened a forum of almost 200 people to discuss the next steps in tax reform. By any measure, the Tax Forum was a great success.

Thanks very much Peter (Shergold) and it's good to see so many people here today.

p>Can I begin by asking you to join me in recognising all of the committed people who made the forum run so smoothly Can I single out the staff in particular, and our facilitators Michael an

p>Let me acknowledge right from the outset our facilitators in Michael and Paul and every one of you invited here today.

That was a very kind introduction and a very warm welcome, and I want to thank you for having me here.