Apr 1, 2020 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
1:00pm, Wednesday 1 April 2020 Senator the Hon Scott RyanPresident of the Senate (check against delivery) Thank you for the invitation to be involved in the launch of this third volume in this tremendous contribution to our political and social history by my friend...
Oct 14, 2019 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Introductory Remarks at Parliamentary Library Lecture – Puzzles of a Prime Minister: Alfred Deakin Revealed Date: Monday 14 October Time: 12.00pm Venue: Main Committee Room (E&OE) Good afternoon, When he retired from Parliament in 1913,...
Oct 4, 2019 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Institute for Government, London 3 October 2019 (Check against delivery) Democracy disrupted is a term one reads about often at the moment. I don’t particularly like the term, as democracy is dynamic, one of its great strengths is to allow...
Nov 27, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Speeches, Speeches
Book Launch of ‘The Land of Dreams’ by David Kemp 27 November 2018 Check against delivery Well thank you for that address, David. It is a great privilege for the Speaker and I to be here with our friend, and mentor to so many of us in the Victorian...
Nov 9, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Speeches, Speeches
Mr Speaker, distinguished guests, Philip, Lynn, Margaret, Ted Baillieu, ladies and gentlemen. In 1919, as the first anniversary of the Armistice approached, an Australian journalist working in London at the time by the name of Edward Honey was one of the first to...
Oct 24, 2018 | Homepage, Media, Speeches, Speeches
[Check against delivery] The Honourable Julia Gillard, Mr Speaker, colleagues, Mr Fantauzzo, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. In the early years of Federation, one of the most vocal advocates of a formal artistic commemoration of key people and events was...
