Dec 2, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery I am here today to acknowledge some outstanding work and present the 2014 National History Challenge Awards on behalf of the Government. I want to start by congratulating the winners. The breadth of topics addressed and the quality of research...
Dec 1, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery Good morning and thank you for welcoming me here today at Monash University. I wish to acknowledge: Professor Geoff Prince, Director, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute The Monash University representatives, in particular,...
Nov 27, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery. I’m delighted to be here tonight at the Melbourne Brain Centre Symposium to represent the Minister for Health Peter Dutton. I would like to begin by acknowledging and thanking you all for the work that you do. I speak as a local, having...
Nov 7, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery To my friend Ali Khan – who I’ve just noticed in the audience here – to Mr Mohamed Hassan OAM, to all the dignitaries and leaders, to the Mayor of Dandenong, to the authors of the book we’re here to celebrate launch, but most importantly, to the...
Oct 31, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery It’s a pleasure to join you this morning. This is a special occasion as we celebrate five decades of the Faculty of Education at this university. 1964 was an interesting year: The Beatles toured Australia; The first edition of our first national...
Oct 30, 2014 | Homepage, Media, Speeches
Check against delivery Welcome to Parliament House. These walls usually echo with the sound of speeches and debates, and occasionally raised voices and misbehaviour. But very soon, the more pleasant sound of singing voices will ring out as all of you sitting here join...