Speeches

Thank you for that introduction and for the warm welcome. 

Thanks James [Pearson, Chief Executive, CCI]. It's a great pleasure to be over here in the West to address the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Thanks Barton [Green, Director, Three Plus] and thanks to the Queensland Media Club for inviting me to speak today. As always, it is great to be home.

Thanks for having me back. I won't repeat today all the sombre numbers, the challenging circumstances, which I spelled out last night.

Not far from this magnificent cathedral, across the Potomac River, lies sacred ground - Arlington National Cemetery.

Firstly let me say what a pleasure it is to be back in Japan and to be able to make my first trip to Tokyo as Treasurer, which is also the first bilateral visit to Japan by an Australian Treasure

Thank you, and let me start by expressing my appreciation to Gerard and Anne and the team at the Sydney Institute for once again being superb hosts and giving me a chance to bring you up to date

Good morning. It is a great pleasure to be here with you all today.

Thank you to everyone for coming along this evening, and particularly to Julian (Disney) – Julian, it was good to have a yarn the other day – for ensuring we have such a good cross section of Austr

Let me start by thanking Greg [Gailey] and Katie [Lahey] for their invitation to address your dinner tonight.

Today I am introducing a Bill to provide a standing appropriation to pay any possible claims made under the Australian Government's Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding.

It is good to be here. I would like to thank John Simon, Managing Director, Optus Business, for that introduction.

I’m delighted to be here today to announce the Rudd Government’s grant to establish the Epworth Prostate Cancer Research Centre. Acknowledgements:

Thank you all so much for making the effort to take part in this summit.

Can I acknowledge the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP; Olaf Cramme, Director of the Policy Network; Professor Bruce Muirhead from the Eidos Institute; and our friends from the Queensland Government.

It's great to be here today - both in Queensland, my home state, but also speaking close to home in my electorate of Lilley.

Thank you, Prime Minister, and thank you to the AiG for hosting us today, because from the very beginning we have given the highest priority to working with, and consulting with, the business com

Let me say what a pleasure it is to be able to come here and discuss some of the most important issues facing all of us today at one of the world’s foremost think tanks, the Brookings Institution

I very much appreciate the opportunity to talk with you about recent global financial market developments and how they are impacting on Australia.

This Government is committed to implementing an Education Revolution. Because education is the engine room of prosperity and helps create a fairer, more productive society.