30 July 2025 Published in The Australian St John’s Anglican Church, Ashfield E&OE —— With John Stone, whom we honour and mourn, it’s hard to find any sphere in which he did not excel. He was a brilliant student. He was outstanding at sport. He...
Speeches
Speech notes from the address to the ACETCA Gala Dinner 27 June 2025 E&OE —— It’s good to be here, marking ten years since the Abbott government finalised the landmark trade deal between Australia and China, thanks to the prodigious work of Andrew Robb, our...
21 April 2025 Published in the Australian Speech notes for the address to the Conservative Breakfast Club in Brisbane —— I used to think that 1975 was the most consequential election in our history because Whitlam’s was our worst-ever government and because voters had to...