Light on the HillSpeech delivered to mark the 75th Anniversary of Prime Minister Ben Chifley’s iconic speech. Sep 22Sep 22
Believing in the power of Australian ideas(Canberra — 1 Sept 2022): I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my…Sep 1, 2022Sep 1, 2022
Address to the Rooty Hill RSL Sub Branch ANZAC Day Service2022, Pinegrove MemorialApr 24, 2022Apr 24, 2022
A Future Made In AustraliaADDRESS TO THE SYDNEY INSTITUTE SYDNEY TUESDAY, 1 MARCH 2022Mar 1, 20221Mar 1, 20221
Healing after COVID: reuniting a divided cityI begin by acknowledging that we meet on the lands of the Dharug people and I pay my respects to elders, past, present and emerging and…Nov 7, 2021Nov 7, 2021
Ingenuity with purpose: future drive for innovation in AustraliaI begin by acknowledging the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, the traditional custodians of the Canberra region and pay respect to the…Oct 20, 2021Oct 20, 2021
Backing our own know-how: a choice we should makeFirst, I’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land from which I join you, the Dharug people and pay respects to elders past…Oct 8, 2021Oct 8, 2021
Shaking off our history, re-imagining our futureAs a Labor MP in the 2020s I often feel that if I need to look ahead someone nearby will turn my head 180 degrees to look four decades…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
Ben Chifley’s LegacyWhile taking my young son on yet another visit to Canberra’s Questacon last year, I decided to walk him past a pair of statues of John…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
CONROVIA HERE WE COME, NOW LOOK FORWARD AFTER NBN BACKFLIPNext stop: Conrovia! It was Malcolm Turnbull who proudly put Conrovia on the political map. However, it wasn’t a town or a place. It…Sep 28, 2020Sep 28, 2020
