Recent Speeches

I have posted some of my recent speeches:

AN ARTIST LOST: REDISCOVERING CONSTANCE STOKES
National Gallery of Australia, 17 November, 2009

DCA DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP BRIEFING
Review of EOWA and State of Play for Women at Work, Melbourne, Wednesday 25 November 2009

SWB 2009 OPENING
Opening Address, Serious Women’s Business Conference, Melbourne Convention Centre, Tuesday 10 November, 2009

THE STORY OF THE STORY
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Tina Brown on the new Hillary Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is talking in a way she never could before, says Daily Beast editor Tina Brown

Hillary Clinton in Thailand

Clinton Speaks of Shielding Mideast From Iran

PHUKET, Thailand — Stiffening the American line against Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Wednesday that the United States would consider extending a “defense umbrella” over the Middle East if the country continued to defy international demands that it halt work that could lead to nuclear weapons.

Baby bouncers have much to learn about equality

Nancy Pelosi holds her grandson Paul

IN JANUARY 2007, as Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker of the US House of Representatives before a packed chamber that included more than 100 children, she invited some of these children to join her at the podium.

As the votes for her were tabulated, she held an infant in her arms and was surrounded by children.

She ended her inaugural speech by saying: “For these children, our children, and for all of America’s children, the House will come to order.”

It wouldn’t happen in Canberra.