Speeches and Presentations
2007 Speeches
07 December 2007
Secretary's address at the Security in Government 2007 Conference, Canberra.
- Transcript (73KB PDF file)
22 November 2007
Secretary's address at the FECCA 'White Ribbon Day' event, Canberra.
- Transcript (41KB PDF file)
30 October 2007
Secretary's address at the annual Netcom dinner, Hobart. The address is titled 'Change management in DIAC: lessons for everyone.'
- Transcript (61KB PDF file)
25 October 2007
Secretary's address at the launch of a series of new publications called Contemporary Government Challenges, produced by the Australian Public Service Commission.
- Transcript (99KB PDF file)
19 October 2007
Secretary's address to the Migration Institute of Australia 2007 National Conference, Gold Coast. The subject of the speech was 'Migration – Australia's future?'
- Transcript (72KB PDF file)
17 October 2007
Secretary's address to the 2007 Comcover Senior Executive Risk Management Forum. The subject of the speech was 'Managing risk in times of change'.
- Transcript (77KB PDF file)
11 October 2007
Secretary's address to the 12th International Metropolis Conference on the diversity advantage 'Enriching Australia through the well managed entry and settlement of people'.
- Transcript (53KB PDF file)
- Video (20MB WMV file)
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20 September 2007
Secretary's address to the IPAA National Conference on change management.
- Transcript (69KB PDF file)
- Slides (557KB PDF file)
10 August 2007
Secretary's remarks at the launch of the Administrative Review Council's (ARC) Best Practice Guides for Administrative Decision Makers.
- Transcript (42KB PDF file)
6 August 2007
Secretary's address to the IPAA seminar on lessons learned from 247 cases referred to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
- Transcript (58KB PDF file)
27 July 2007
Secretary's address to the DIAC-NGO dialogue on humanitarian issues.
- Transcript (49KB PDF file)
24 July 2007
Managing our shared future: the use of the visa as a whole-of-government policy tool.
- Deputy Secretary's address to Government Policy Evolution conference - Transcript (69KB PDF file)
- Deputy Secretary's address to Government Policy Evolution conference - Slides (85KB PDF file)
15 June 2007
Case study in compliance and immigration detention reforms.
- Secretary's address to ANZSOG – Transcript (64KB PDF file)
- Secretary's address to ANZSOG – Slides (85KB PDF file)
- Secretary's address to ANZSOG – Audio (14.8MB MP3 file)
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21 May 2007
Secretary's opening statement to Senate Estimates.
- Secretary's opening statement to Senate Estimates – Transcript (49KB PDF file)
16 May 2007
Linking leadership with values and outcomes.
- Secretary's address to the L21 Public Sector 2007 Conference – Transcript (79KB PDF file)
- Secretary's address to the L21 Public Sector 2007 Conference – Slides (837KB PDF file)
9 May 2007
Enhancing ethics and governance while transforming the business.
- Address to the Ethical Leadership and Governance in the Public Sector conference – Transcript (90KB PDF file)
- Address to the Ethical Leadership and Governance in the Public Sector conference – Slides (406KB PDF file)
13 March 2007
Lessons learned in the governance of DIAC.
- Address to the Corporate Governance in the Public Sector conference – Transcript (75KB PDF file)
- Address to the Corporate Governance in the Public Sector conference – Slides (379KB PDF file)
9 February 2007
Post-Palmer reform of DIAC and regulation of the migration advice industry.
- Secretary's address to the Immigration Law Conference of the Law Council of Australia – Transcript (74KB PDF file)
- Secretary's address to the Immigration Law Conference of the Law Council of Australia – Slides (207KB PDF file)
24 January 2007
Secretary's remarks to welcome delegates to the APEC Business Mobility Group
meeting.
- Secretary's remarks to welcome delegates to the APEC Business Mobility Group meeting – Transcript (27KB PDF file)
12 January 2007
Secretary's remarks on DIMA receiving the ACT Chief Minister's Inclusion Award.