Speeches
2008 Speeches
December 2008
- Japan and Australia: An enduring partnership, 18 December
- Signing of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 3 December
November 2008
- Australia and Mexico: Building bridges across the Pacific, 18 November
- Every Assistance and Protection: A History of the Australian Passport, 10 November
October 2008
- Official Opening: Business for Millennium Development Summit 2008, 24 October
- United Nations Association of Australia, 23 October
- Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), 22 October
- Ministerial Statement: Burma, 22 October
- Ministerial Statement: Iran, 15 October
- Philippines Australia Ministerial Meeting Business Luncheon, 9 October
September 2008
- Statement at the Ministerial Meeting to follow-up on the implementation of the Paris Commitments related to Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups, 26 September
- Opening Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs as Chair of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 24 September
- Speech to the High Level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs, 22 September
- Australia and India: A new partnership in the Asia Pacific Century, 11 September
- Australia and India: The Strategic Outlook, 9 September
- Regional Security Issues Forum, 5 September
August 2008
- A New Era of Engagement with the World, 19 August
- At the launch of Great White Fleet to Coral Sea: Naval Strategy and the Development of Australia–United States Relations, 1900-1945, 18 August
- Australia-Indonesia Relations – A New Partnership for a New Era, 11 August
- Australia’s New Approach to the Pacific, 7 August
July 2008
- Australia, ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific, 18 July
- Speech to the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce, 3 July
- Australia and Vietnam – Partners for the Future, 2 July
June 2008
- India: A New Relationship for a New Century, 20 June
- Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 17 June
- International Support Conference for Afghanistan, 12 June
- Formal Opening of the Australian Embassy Kuwait City, 9 June
- Food and Agriculture Organisation High Level Conference on Food Security, 4 June
May 2008
- Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping Operations, 28 May
- Launch of Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) Strategy Report on Indonesia, 27 May
- Africa Day, 26 May
- Australia and Korea – A Partnership for the Future, 7 May
- The Australia Hong Kong Connection, 6 May
April 2008
- ANZAC Day Dawn Service, Bomana Cemetery, 25 April
- Opening Remarks at the Launch of The Diplomat Magazine 2008 Global 100 edition, 16 April 2008
- A Modern Australia for a New Era, Speech to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute National Security Dinner , 9 April 2008
February 2008
- Lunch in honour of Dr Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 7 February 2008
- Speech Notes for the Japan National Press Club, 1 February 2008