**Check against delivery** Last week, the Prime Minister, Minister Coleman and I announced our Population Plan. It is an integrated plan to ease the population pressure in our big capital cities while supporting the growth of those smaller cities and regions that want more people. It is a plan to accelerate infrastructure construction to deal…
DetailsIt is a pleasure to join you here in Melbourne at the Australian Financial Review National Infrastructure Summit. I am born and bred of this great city. I grew up in Pakenham, 55 kilometres out from where we are today. When I was a boy, it was a country town of just a few thousand people;…
DetailsAcknowledgements Thank you for the opportunity to speak today at the Master Builders Australia Conference here in Perth. It has been a tough time for many in the construction industry in Western Australia, particularly in residential property construction, and this has had a broader impact on the economy. I want to discuss today how we…
DetailsThank you Dr Tony Morton, [President, Public Transport Users Association] for the introduction. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to join you for day two of the Victoria Transport Infrastructure Summit. The theme of this summit is of great interest to me, both in my role as Federal Minister for Cities, Urban…
DetailsThank you for the invitation to speak at your Population Summit. You have an impressive agenda and I look forward to hearing from some of your other panelists. Scott Morrison created the Population portfolio when he first became Prime Minister a little over a year ago. It was recognition that our population settings have a…
DetailsThank you Patrick (Condren, MC) for your introduction. It’s great to be here today. As I look around the room I can see some familiar faces, many of who I met with only two weeks ago to discuss the very exciting South East Queensland City Deal. The election of the Morrison Government means some of…
DetailsWelcome to the Australia-New Zealand Cities Symposium, here in Western Sydney—one of the fastest growing areas in our country. I am confident that sharing information about the challenges and opportunities in cities policy —on both sides of the Tasman—will benefit us all. I would like to thank you all for participating, and particularly acknowledge my co-host,…
DetailsMENZIES RESEARCH CENTRE MELBOURNE, 9 OCTOBER 2018 A little over a month ago, Prime Minister Morrison created a new portfolio which merged population policy with urban infrastructure and cities policy. It made a lot of sense to combine these three areas as they are so interconnected. Population growth, for example, is the major reason for…
DetailsHON ALAN TUDGE MP Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Speech to the Business Council of Australia Melbourne, 7 August 2018 *** Check against delivery *** Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to address the Business Council of Australia today on skilled migration. This is a topic in which the business community has a very…
DetailsHON ALAN TUDGE MP Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Speech at the Australia-UK Leadership Forum London ***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Thank you for the opportunity to lead this discussion on maintaining social cohesion and social trust. This is a big and important topic and goes to the heart of a well-functioning society. Our previous sessions…
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