Speeches

It's time to "call the question" on the NBN

August 5th, 2008

Speech delivered to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham), Melbourne, Australia

Two cultures re-examined and Australia's National Broadband Network Debate

July 8th, 2008

Speech delivered to the The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AMCHAM), Sydney, Australia

Communications and Culture: Invoking Cultural Themes Rooted in American & Australian Culture

June 18th, 2008

Background notes prepared for PP&C Learning Academy

The Two Cultures Re-examined: A Perspective on Leadership and Policy Management in Business and Government

April 30th, 2008

Background for remarks delivered at 2008 ANZSOG Public Lecture Series Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), Canberra, Australia

A Business Perspective On Climate Change: How telecommunications permits a shift from accounting to conservation

February 26th, 2008

Background prepared for remarks to the Business Climate International Panel on Climate Change, Sydney, Australia

Cleaning up the climate change debate - how telecommunications permits a shift from accounting to conservation

February 5th, 2008

Background prepared for remarks to the Foreign Correspondents' Association Newsmaker Luncheon, Sydney, Australia

Aligning Regulations with National Needs The State of Play

November 5th, 2007

A background paper for remarks delivered at Anything's Possible CEO Forum 2007 Hilton Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Launch of the "Forming and Maintaining Winning Business Relationships Report" by the Office of the Victorian Small Business Commissioner

October 15th, 2007

Supporting comments as a Reference Group Member, Melbourne, Australia, Oct 15, 2007

Communication strategies for stakeholders and business leaders

October 15th, 2007

Public Relations Institute of Australia National Convention 2007, Sydney, Australia

Ethics in Philanthropy

October 2nd, 2007

Edited transcript of keynote address for the Ethics in Philanthropy dinner hosted by the Telstra Foundation, Trust Foundation, and the Asia Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, Oct 2, 2007

Jobs, Wealth and Hope, It takes a community

July 11th, 2007

Speech presented at the Telstra NAIDOC Dinner, Jul 11, 2007

Removing the Shackles: Wilberforce, Civic Leadership and Faith-Centered Social Reform

June 29th, 2007

Background paper prepared for the keynote address for A Winter's Tale, the annual fundraising luncheon of Anglicare meeting at the Westin Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Jun 29, 2007

Holocaust: Remarks to the Jewish Museum of Australia on the occasion of gifting an historic document from the Holocaust.

March 27th, 2007

Melbourne, Australia, Mar 27, 2007

Truth-telling and Business Communications: The New Realities of Disintermediation

November 23rd, 2006

Keynote address for the Annual Public Affairs Roundtable for Heads of Function and Senior Practitioners Centre for Corporate Public Affairs meeting in Sydney, Australia, Nov 23-24, 2006

On Saving the Goose and the Golden Egg: The Role of Business in the Political Culture - Reflections on how Australia's business community needs to play a larger role in the political culture, and to give more life to democratic pluralism

August 24th, 2006

Address to the Graduate School of Business, RMIT University Seminar in Melbourne, Australia, Aug 24, 2006

Sit, Fight, Join or Run: Strategies for Making the Shift From POTS to PANs in the Digital Space

May 27th, 2006

2006 Conference of the Securities & Derivatives Industry Association Plenary Session Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, May 27, 2006

On Removing Your Head from the Sand

March 22nd, 2006

Comms Day / Media Day Summit Reloading the Communications [R]evolution, Sebel Pier One, Sydney, Australia, Mar 22, 2006

So, What's New? A Journey Across Political Cultures

December 8th, 2005

CRA International Annual Dinner in Canberra, Australia, Dec 8, 2005

Regulate Yourself to Greatness and other quaint ideas

December 5th, 2005

Keynote Address to the Annual Dinner Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) Meeting in Sydney, Australia, Dec 1, 2005