Speech – Opening of Swinburne University of Technology’s Advanced Manufacturing and Design Centre and the SRC Centre in Biodevices, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn

Jul 14, 2015 | Homepage, Media, Speeches

Check against delivery Thank you for your kind introduction, it is a pleasure to be here today. I bring the well wishes of Christopher Pyne who was unable to attend today. Visiting facilities like this, and indeed visiting centres of learning, is one of the great...

Speech – Australian Open Research Data Showcase, Hyatt Hotel Canberra

Jun 19, 2015 | Homepage, Media, Speeches

Check against delivery Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here to open the Australian Open Research Data Showcase hosted by the Australian National Data Service. This event highlights the richness and diversity of Australia’s research data collections. It’s...

Remarks – Magna Carta Education Resource Launch, Red Hill Primary School

Jun 15, 2015 | Homepage, Media, Speeches

E&OE… To all the staff, officials, parents, families and most importantly the students – this is a really important anniversary, I didn’t get the chance to learn about things like this when I was your age, and I think it is fantastic that we are engaging younger...

Speech – BHP Billiton Foundation and Australian Mathematical Science Institute launch of the Choose Maths programme – Melbourne University

Apr 28, 2015 | Homepage, Media, Speeches

Check against delivery It’s good to be here with you today for the launch of the Choose Maths programme, a project that will help strengthen mathematics education in Australia. Your partnership with the BHP Billiton Foundation on the Choose Maths programme...

Speech – 2015 Chinese Culture Day and Launch of the Confucius Classroom – Charles La Trobe College

Apr 22, 2015 | Homepage, Media, Speeches

Check against delivery   Good morning, it is a pleasure to celebrate 2015 Chinese Culture Day with you all here at Charles La Trobe College. I also bring the warm wishes of the Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP. The Great Learning – one of the...

Speech – Keilor Historical Society & City of Brimbank ANZAC Commemorative Service

Apr 20, 2015 | Homepage, Media, Speeches

Check against delivery Over the course of my own life, our commemoration of the service of those who have gone before us has dramatically changed. I distinctly remember attending the dawn service on ANZAC Day in the early 1980s at the Shrine of Remembrance, and it was...