Speeches
- First Quarter 2010
- Fourth Quarter 2009
- Third Quarter 2009
- Second Quarter 2009
- First Quarter 2009
- Archived Speeches 2007 - 2008
First Quarter 2010
6 March 2010 - Remarks at the Surf Life Saving Australia Tsunami Awareness Event
Location: Bondi Beach, Sydney
3 March 2010 - Remarks at the Launch of the Australian International Disputes Centre
Location: Sydney, NSW
3 March 2010 - Speech to the Dun and Bradstreet Consumer Credit Conference
Location: Sydney, NSW
26 February 2010 - Speech to the Law Society of Western Australia - National Legal Profession Reform
Location: Perth, WA
24 February 2010 - Second Reading Speech - Anti-People smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
24 February 2010 - Counter Terrorism White Paper
Questions without Notice
15 February 2010 - Speech to the Government Law Group Forum - Utilising ADR - The Evolving Landscape
Location: Canberra, ACT
25 January 2010 - Supreme and Federal Court Judge's Conference
Location: Canberra, ACT
Fourth Quarter 2009
10 December 2009 - Remarks at the Human Rights Day Medal and Awards
Location: Sydney, NSW
9 December 2009 - Remarks at the Critical Infrastructure Advisory Council Meeting
Location: Sydney, NSW
4 December 2009 - International Commercial Arbitration in Australia: More Effective and Certain
Location: RACV City Club, Melbourne
2 December 2009 - Security Professionals Function to Launch Security is Your Business
Location: Canberra Museum and Gallery, London Circuit, Canberra
26 November 2009 - Second Annual Family Relationship Services Australia National Conference
Location: Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
25 November 2009 - Second Reading Speech - International Arbitration Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
25 November 2009 - Launch of the Commonwealth Organised Crime Strategic Framework
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
23 November 2009 - Question without Notice
Location: Parliament House, Canberra ACT
23 November 2009 - Launch of the Cyber Security Strategy, CERT Australia and Identity Theft Booklet
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
19 November 2009 - Second Reading - Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
16 November 2009 - Iron Curtain Seminar
Location: Australian National Europe Centre
9 November 2009 - Remarks at the First International Quintet* Meeting of Attorneys-General
Location: Lancaster House, London
4 November 2009 - Launch of the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC) - Report on Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Civil Justice System
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
30 October 2009 - Speech to the Legal Aid NSW Annual Family Law Conference
Location: Sydney
28 October 2009 - Question without Notice - Bankruptcy Laws
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
28 October 2009 - Second Reading Speech - Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
26 October 2009 - Speech to the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Council (AFAC) - National Command Forum
Location: Canberra, ACT
25 October 2009 - Remarks at the Fourth International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary
Location: Sydney
23 October 2009 - Speech to the Australian Lawyers Alliance National Cofermence
Location: Queensland
22 October 2009 - Remarks at the Kowanyama Native Title Determination
Location: Kowanyama, Queensland
21 October 2009 - Second Reading Speech - Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
21 October 2009 - Second Reading Speech - Native Title Amendment (No. 2) 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
20 October 2009 - Matter of Public Importance - People-Smuggling
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
20 October 2009 - Ministerial Statement: Commonwealth Preparation for the Bushfire Season
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
8 October 2009 - The Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Australia
Location: Parliament House, Melbourne
Third Quarter 2009
29 September 2009 - Opening of Legal Aid Queensland and Western Queensland Justice Network
Location: Mt Isa, Queensland
24 September 2009 - Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture
Location: Sydney
24 September 2009 - Address to the National Indigenous Legal Conference
Location: University of Adelaide
23 September 2009 - 2009 Brad Selway Memorial Lecture
Location: University of Adelaide
23 September 2009 - Address to the E-Security for Government 2009 Conference
Location: Melbourne
21 September 2009 - Speech to the Aerial Firefighting Forum
Location: Queensland
18 September 2009 - Address to the Law Council of Australia, 36th Australian Legal Convention
Location: Perth
17 September 2009 - Address to the National Association of Community Legal Centres Conference
Location: Perth
17 September 2009 - National Legal Profession Reform
Location: Perth
15 September 2009 - Port and Maritime Security Conference
Location: Melbourne
7 September 2009 - Swearing in of Mr Tony Negus APM as Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
1 September 2009 - International Society of Labour and Social Security Law
Location: Sydney
31 August 2009 - Indigenous Young People Crime and Justice Conference
Location: Parramatta
27 August 2009 - Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Boardroom Lunch
Location: Sydney
26 August 2009 - ANU Law Students Society: Social Justice Dinner
Location: University House, Canberra
26 August 2009 - The Obligation to Assist: Model Litigants in Administrative Appeals Tribunal Seminar
Location: Canberra
24 August 2009 - Australian Security Industry Association Limited - Security 2009 Conference
Location: Sydney
21 August 2009 - Family Violence in Focus Conference
Location: Newcastle
14 August 2009 - Non-Government Organisation Forum on Domestic Human Rights
Location: Canberra
12 August 2009 - Ministerial Statement: Reforms to National Security Legislation
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
1 August 2009 - Statement to the Australian Labor Party National Conference
Location: Sydney
31 July 2009 - Speech to Move Chapter Eleven Australian Labor Party National Platform 2009
Location: Sydney
30 July 2009 - Speech to the Disability and Age Discrimination Law Reform Summit
Location: Sydney
27 July 2009 - Speech to the Multi-door Court House Symposium
Location: Old Parliament House, Canberra
24 July 2009 - Sppech to the Albury-Wodonga Family Pathways Network Event
Location: Albury
21 July 2009 - Speech to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Location: Canberra
17 July 2009 - Remarks at the Castan Centre Human Rights Conference 2009
Location: State Library of Victoria
Second Quarter 2009
29 June 2009 - Remarks at the Launch of the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC) Export Strategy
Location: Sydney
29 June 2009 - Opening of the Attorney-General's Department New Building
Location: Canberra
24 June 2009 - Second Reading Speech - Personal Property Securities Bill 2009
Location: Canberra
24 June 2009 - Second Reading Speech - Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
22 June 2009 - Second Reading Speech - Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
11 June 2009 - Remarks at the Nyangumarta Native Title On-Country Consent Determination Hearing
Location: Nyiyamarri Pukurl, Western Australia
10 June 2009 - Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum
Location: Mt Macedon, Victoria
10 June 2009 - Address to the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria
Location: Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne
10 June 2009 - Bendigo Law Association
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
5 June 2009 - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Location: Melbourne Cricket Ground
28 May 2009 - Launch of It's Your Right! - Settlement Council Conference
Location: Multicultural Centre, Canberra
27 May 2009 - Copyright Future: Copyright Freedom Conference
Location: Old Parliament House, Canberra
22 May 2009 - Human Rights: A Moral Compass
Location: Sydney
21 May 2009 - Launch of Lawyers Beyond Borders
Location: University of Sydney
20 May 2009 - Homeless Persons' Legal Service Forum on Human Rights
Location: State Library of NSW
14 May 2009 - Second Reading Debate
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
14 May 2009 - Native Title Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
12 May 2009 - National Emergency Warning System
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
8 April 2009 - Launch of the Australian Law Reform Commission's 'Reform' Journal on Native Title and Reconciliation Action Plan
Location: Tranby Aboriginal College, Sydney
3 April 2009 - Remarks at the International Trade Law Symposium
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
3 April 2009 - Remarks in Support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Location: Mural Hall, Parliament House
2 April 2009 - Remarks at the Engaging Corporate Counsel Roundtable
Location: Federal Court, Sydney
1 April 2009 - Remarks at the Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terrorism Financing Conference
Location: Hilton Hotel, Sydney
First Quarter 2009
28 March 2009 - Remarks at the Queensland Law Society Symposium
Location: Brisbane Convention Centre
26 March 2009 - Remarks at the International Collaborative Practice Conference
Location: Parliament House, NSW
25 March 2009 - Remarks at the Deliberate Bushfire Reduction Forum
Location: Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
23 March 2009 - 7th Annual National Security Australia Conference
Location: Darling Harbour, Sydney
19 March 2009 - Native Title Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
19 March 2009 - Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
19 March 2009 - Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
18 March 2009 - AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
12 March 2009 - Customs Legislation Amendment (Name Change) Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
12 March 2009 - AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
6 March 2009 - Remarks at the Family Court of Australia Annual Judges' Meeting
Location: Commonwealth Law Courts, Melbourne
6 March 2009 - Remarks at the Launch of Youthlaw Online
Location: Melbourne City Mission Building
5 March 2009 - Remarks at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions 25th Anniversary Dinner
Location: Old Parliament House, Canberra
4 March 2009 - Launch of University of Western Sydney "Year of Respect and Inclusion"
Location: University of Western Sydney
26 February 2009 - National Forum on Emergency Warnings to the Community
Location: Old Parliament House, Canberra
24 February 2009 - AsianLII Conference
Location: UNSW, Sydney
20 February 2009 - 3rd Negotiating Native Title Forum
Location: Vibe Savoy Hotel, Melbourne
20 February 2009 - 2009 Constitutional Law Conference
Location: New South Wales Parliament House, Sydney
19 February 2009 - Opening Address Inaugural Family Law System Conference
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
18 Febuary 2009 - Joint 49th Annual Floodplain Management Authorities Conference (NSW) and 6th Biennial Victorian Flood Conference
Location: Albury, NSW
10 February 2009 - Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2009
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
9 February 2009 - Victorian Bushfires Victims
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
5 February 2009 - Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No 1) 2008
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
5 February 2009 - Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill (No 2) 2008
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
5 February 2009 - Queensland Floods
Location: Parliament House, Canberra
3 February 2009 - A special sitting of the High Court of Australia to welcome the Hon Justice Virginia Bell
Location: High Court of Australia, Canberra
2 February 2009 - Justice Michael Kirby Farewell
Location: High Court of Australia, Canberra