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2026
February
UN Women International Women’s Day Parliamentary Breakfast
5 February 2026
2025
December
Lt Col Ralph Honner Leadership Oration
2 December 2025
November
World AIDS Day breakfast
27 November 2025
AIIA Gala Dinner Keynote Address
17 November 2025
Australian Council for International Development National Conference
5 November 2025
October
UN at 80: Shaping our future together conference United Nations association of Australia
22 October 2025
September
Statement to the UN Security Council Open Debate
26 September 2025
Speech to the Call to Action for Palestinian children
25 September 2025
Signing ceremony, Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel
22 September 2025
July
Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
10 July 2025
May
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji
20 May 2025
March
Business News 'Politics & Business' breakfast
18 March 2025
International Women’s Day breakfast, Adelaide
7 March 2025
February
Remarks to Somare-Whitlam scholars welcome event
24 February 2025
UN Women International Women's Day Parliamentary Breakfast
5 February 2025
2024
December
The Hawke Lecture
9 December 2024
Remarks to the launch of ANCORS Southeast Asia Maritime Institute
4 December 2024
Remarks to the International Institute for Strategic Studies Asia
3 December 2024
November
Remarks to memorial service for 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
28 November 2024
Speech to the World AIDS Day Parliamentary Breakfast
28 November 2024
Remarks at CARE photo exhibition – Against All Odds: Reaching Girls Through Education in Afghanistan
19 November 2024
October
Plimsoll Address
15 October 2024
Remarks to launch of Sean Turnell's Lowy Institute paper, 'Best Laid Plans'
14 October 2024
September
National Statement to the United Nations General Assembly
28 September 2024
Speech to the ministerial meeting on the situation in Gaza and the implementation of the two-state solution
26 September 2024
Speech to UN Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security
26 September 2024
Statement to G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
25 September 2024
Opening remarks to meeting with Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi
24 September 2024
Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty Group of Friends launch
23 September 2024
UN summit of the future, United Nations HQ, New York
23 September 2024
Remarks to roundtable of humanitarian leaders
23 September 2024
Speech to the Australia-China Business Council Canberra Networking Day
12 September 2024
Twentieth anniversary commemoration of the bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta
9 September 2024
Speech to the Asia Summit
3 September 2024
August
Advertiser Bush Summit
28 August 2024
Centre For Asian-Australian Leadership inaugural annual lecture
19 August 2024
Opening remarks at the eighth Australia-China High Level Dialogue
16 August 2024
Remarks at the Australian Red Cross 110th anniversary reception
16 August 2024
Celebration of the Treaty of Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
15 August 2024
FCD-Lowy Institute Pacific panel: Advancing women in business & leadership
12 August 2024
Remarks to United States Global Entry information sharing agreement signing ceremony
5 August 2024
July
Speech at the MH17 Memorial Service, Parliament House, Canberra
17 July 2024
June
Speech to the CEDA State of the Nation conference dinner National Museum of Australia, Canberra
26 June 2024
May
Speech at the Centre for Australia-India Relations
20 May 2024
Tuvalu State Dinner, Funafuti
8 May 2024
April
Speech to the ANU National Security College “Securing our Future”
9 April 2024
March
Foreign Minister’s opening remarks to the Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, Parliament House, Canberra
20 March 2024
International Women's Day Breakfast, Adelaide
8 March 2024
Introductory remarks for the Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Honourable Dato' Seri Anwar Bin Ibrahim, Gareth Evans Oration, Australian National University, Canberra
7 March 2024
ASEAN-Australia Special Summit 2024 - keynote address to the Maritime Cooperation Forum
4 March 2024
February
Keynote Address to the 7th Indian Ocean Conference
9 February 2024
International Women's Day parliamentary breakfast
7 February 2024
2023
November
Remarks to the Pacific Emerging Leaders breakfast
29 November 2023
Observer Research Foundation: A conversation with the Foreign Minister
23 November 2023
October
Introductory remarks - The Lowy Institute FDC Pacific lecture, Old Parliament House, Canberra
17 October 2023
Speech to the Senate - Hamas attacks on Israel - Senate motion, Parliament House
16 October 2023
Remarks to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
11 October 2023
September
National Statement to the United Nations General Assembly
23 September 2023
Statement to UN Security Council high-level open debate on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine
21 September 2023
August
Working for Australia in the world
18 August 2023
Remarks at the International Development Policy launch Parliament House, Canberra
8 August 2023
July
Gender Equality Symposium, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
28 July 2023
Ukrainian community event, Adelaide
26 July 2023
Meeting with China’s Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi - Opening remarks
13 July 2023
Address to the Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dili, Timor-Leste
7 July 2023
June
Modern slavery conference, Melbourne
28 June 2023
April
Address to New Caledonia’s Congress
20 April 2023
National Press Club Address, Australian interests in a regional balance of power
17 April 2023
March
Speech to Adelaide IWD Breakfast
10 March 2023
Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference, Opening Statement
1 March 2023
February
International Women’s Day Parliamentary Breakfast
8 February 2023
January
An enduring partnership in an era of change
31 January 2023
2022
December
Opening remarks at the Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue
21 December 2022
Speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
7 December 2022
November
Speech to the NFACR dinner commemorating 50th anniversary of Australia-China diplomatic relations
13 November 2022
Whitlam Oration
13 November 2022
October
Speech to the Pacific Way Conference, Papeete, French Polynesia
21 October 2022
Address to the national memorial service for the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings
12 October 2022
September
National Statement to the UN General Assembly, New York
23 September 2022
UNRWA Ministerial Working Meeting
23 September 2022
August
Statement to ASEAN-Australia Ministerial meeting
4 August 2022
July
Statement to the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Plenary Session on Strengthening Multilateralism
8 July 2022
Special lecture to the International Institute for Strategic Studies - A shared future: Australia, ASEAN and Southeast Asia
6 July 2022
June
Keynote address in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
29 June 2022
May
Speech to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
26 May 2022
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