**E & OE Check against delivery**Thank you very much, Matt, for that very generous introduction and Bula Vinaka everybody! Welcome and good morning.I’d like to begin by thanking Matthew for your...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Well, thank you very much Paul for that warm introduction and good morning to everybody. Welcome to a very, very special day for everybody here, for our nation,...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Good morning, everyone, and it’s fabulous to see so many amazing women and the occasional bloke in the room here today to join us. Steven, many thanks for that...
**Check against delivery** Thanks Ken for that very warm welcome. It is a pleasure to be at the Hudson Institute among those who value the great friendship between Australia and the United...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Well Dan, thank you very much for that very warm welcome. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet here today— the...
**E&OE Check against delivery**Thank you, David, for that warm welcome. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet — the Ngunnawal People — and...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Thank you very much Chief of Navy for that introduction and welcome to you all ladies and gentlemen – you are all very welcome here to Sydney. Welcome to the Sea...
** E&OE Check against delivery**Thank you very much, Chief of Army, and what an amazingly wonderful day this is for Army, and for the Australian Defence Force. It is a great pleasure to be...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Good evening.Thank you Commander Houlihan for that warm introduction, and for that welcome to us all. Thank you, most sincerely, to the wonderful crew of HMAS...
**E & OE Check against delivery** Thank you Lavina for that warm introduction. There are so many special guests here but I would like to acknowledge a couple. Ambassador Culvahouse,...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Thank you very much and welcome.I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, where you are having this very...
**E & OE Check against delivery** Thank you Hannah for that warm welcome. It’s wonderful to be back here today with you. I’d like to start by acknowledging the traditional...
**E & OE Check against delivery**Thank you Paul for that very warm welcome. And I would say to the Association, Happy 50th Anniversary. I don’t think there’s been a more important time in 50...
**E & OE Check against delivery** Thank you, Kimberlea, for that warm welcome.Good evening Your Excellencies, Ministerial colleagues and the many distinguished guests here. We are all...
**E&OE Check against delivery**Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, good morning to you all and thank you Gordon for that warm welcome. Let me start by acknowledging the...
**E & OE Check against delivery** Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon to you all — and thank you Peter for that warm welcome. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the...
Thank you Nick for that very warm welcome.And congratulations to IISS for the success of the Shangri-La Dialogue which I had the great fortune to attend in the second day of the job as Minister for...
Thank you, Michael Shoebridge, for that warm welcome.Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet – the Ngunnawal people – and pay my respects to their elders...
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning to you all and thank you, John, for your very warm welcome here today.It’s wonderful to be here for my first Shangri-La Dialogue as Australia’s Defence Minister and...
