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Blank Page Summit on Suicide

Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

*** E & OE – Proof only *** FRAN KELLY: Federal and state ministers, bureaucrats and Indigenous people from around the country will meet this…

Address to Compact Stakeholder Workshop

Speech by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Check against delivery Welcome Good morning and thank you for joining us today in Parliament House for this important next step in the development of…

ALIA Public Libraries Summit

Speech by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Acknowledgements Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Ngunnawal…

Opening of the NSW Shelter Conference, Sydney

Speech by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP

*** Check Against Delivery *** Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and…

Speech to 2009 Early Childhood Education Conference

Speech by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Good morning. I’m Bill Shorten and I’m standing in for Maxine, whose department is child care and early childhood education.…

Launch of Under Pressure emergency relief report

Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Thank you Jodie for your welcome. And thank you for inviting me here to launch Under Pressure. First I would like to acknowledge the traditional…

National Summit : Resilience for Children

Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

It’s so great to see such a wide cross section of people here today – all of us with a common purpose to build strength…

Handover of Deeds

Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

I want to first acknowledge the Eastern Arrente, Central Arrente and Southern Arrente people – on whose land we are meeting. It is a great…

Native Title Conference

Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

*** Check on Delivery *** Thank you Mick for your introduction. I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Wurundjeri people where we are…

Addressing the challenges of an ageing Australia

Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we are meeting tonight. It’s almost a month…

Parliamentary Speech on Cochlear Implants

Speech by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

*** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY *** Last week I had the privilege of witnessing one of the most impressive transformations that modern medical science can achieve.…