Today, I would like to discuss school education in Australia and how we can not only minimise the learning loss from lockdowns but set a new trajectory for student outcomes in this country. I want to outline how we can make sure schools roar back to make up lost ground, and perhaps more importantly, put…
Thank you, Aunty Denise for the Welcome to Country. Thank you Sam, and Christine Legg, National President of ECA, for hosting this conference and for the work ECA does. I’m glad to be able to join you this morning, even if it is only virtually. I am currently in quarantine in Melbourne, and believe me,…
Universities Australia Higher Education Conference 2021 03 June 2021 Thank you for the opportunity to be with you today and to have so many here in person. Unfortunately, my fellow Victorians cannot be here due to the most recent lockdown. But we send our best wishes to them. The Victorian outbreak is a reminder that…
31 March 2021 Thank you Vice Chancellor Martin Bean for having me at your RMIT city campus, and congratulations on your contribution to this great university. I wish you well on your next chapter when you finish up here in a few months. Thank you also for the introductory remarks from the Hon Phil Honeywood.…
Speech 26 February 2021 Acknowledgements I am delighted to join you all today — here at our second oldest university, one of our great research institutions, and my alma mater. This is my first major speech on higher education since becoming Education Minister just before Christmas last year. I want to use it to…
MENZIES 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…
HON ALAN TUDGE MP Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Speech to the Menzies Research Centre Sydney, 7 March 2018 *** Check against delivery *** The Prime Minister is surely right when he states that Australia is the most successful multicultural country in the world. More people from more countries have come here to start…
The Hon Alan Tudge MP Minister for Human Services “NO CHILD WILL LIVE IN POVERTY” – 30 YEARS LATER, A NEW DIRECTION SPEECH TO THE CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT STUDIES SYDNEY 20 JULY 2017 Check against delivery Acknowledgements… Thirty years ago, almost to the day, the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke…
Check against delivery One of the defining characteristics of a modern prosperous country is a strong social security safety net so that when people are down on their luck, we look after them. This has been a feature of Australian society for many decades and we should be collectively proud that our system saves…
**Check against delivery** Acknowledgements His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le, Governor of South Australia Carmel Franklin, Chair Financial Counselling Australia Fiona Guthrie, CEO of Financial Counselling Australia Delia Rickard, Deputy Chair of the ACCC Peter Kell, Deputy Chair of ASIC Commonwealth Ombudsman, Colin Neave State and Territory…