President of the Royal Society of Queensland, Doctor Geoff Edwards, Queensland Chief Scientist, Professor Paul Bertsch, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. I begin by...

Minister of the State, the Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe, representing our Premier; Ministers of the State the Honourable Mick de Brenni and the Honourable Di Farmer; former 24th...

Good afternoon to the nine residents of Hungerford and their compatriots and I would like to acknowledge the official guests: Shadow Minister for Local Government and Member for...

I thank the Royal Historical Society of Queensland for this opportunity to present a few observations on the extensive regional travel that Kaye and I have undertaken in this...

Elected Representatives, Charters Towers Mayor Liz Schmidt; Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Patron, Mrs Patricia Mitchell OAM, Federal President, Mrs Wendy Hick, and...

Ambassadors, High Commissioner, Federal Minister for Government Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme Stuart Robert, International and Australian Davos members,...

Chair and Board members of MS Queensland, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Kaye and I are delighted you could join us to mark World MS Day here at Fernberg, your...

Deputy Head of Mission, Justin Baguley, distinguished guests, Queensland alumni. Kaye and I are delighted to have the opportunity of meeting you during this, my first official...

Ambassador, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It has been my great honour to visit Vietnam this week and gain insights into Australia’s relationship with this...