EO&E. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honour to be here with you today. Thank you very much Group Captain for your acknowledgement of Country, for your very warm welcome to all of us here today. This is a very significant event and I’m very pleased to be amongst so many friends. Thank you very much for your hospitality.
E&OE… Good morning all. Thank you very much for the invitation to speak at the Cyber West Summit today.
EO&E. Ladies and gentlemen, we gather today to remember and recognise the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Black Hawk disaster. This tragic incident claimed the lives of 18 of Australia’s finest. It remains the worst military aviation loss of life in our peacetime history.
Thank you to ASPI for the opportunity to address your ‘Shape, Deter, Respond’ conference. My apologies for not being able to attend in person.
EO&E. It’s a pleasure to be back at ASPI. And for the first time in my capacity as the Minister for Defence. Thank you very much to Executive Director Peter Jennings for the kind introduction, and to your leadership of this organisation.
I thank the Member for Clark and the Member for Kennedy for moving this motion. I well know their keen interest in this matter – and it is an interest that I share. It is an interest that many Australians share.
[Check against delivery] Being a good neighbour has never been more important. Regional military modernisation is increasing. Disruptive technologies are emerging. Strategic competition is intensifying. Of course, a lot of this is not new.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.It’s great to be here today for the Defence Connect Budget Lunch…After my good friend and colleague the Treasurer delivered yet another historic Budget to drive our economic recovery.It really is the Budget for our times.
EO&E Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour to open the second National Defence Industry Skilling and Workforce Summit. While COVID continues to keep us apart – the upside is that we’re all becoming more skilled in online presentations.
**Proofed against delivery** Thank you very much Juanita and good morning to you all. It’s great to be with you all and I’m very happy to be here to open the 2021 Australian Cyber Conference here in Canberra. I’m humbled to be here with such an innovative and influential group of people this morning.
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***E&OE Check against delivery*** Thank you very much firstly to Ken and to John for the very kind invitation and your very warm welcome. I’m absolutely delighted to be able to come to South Australia in person at Naval Group today to mark this very significant step in this important project for our nation.
Hello As Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, I am excited to support Naval Group’s efforts to deliver Australia’s Future Submarine Program.
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[Check against delivery] Good morning everyone and welcome to the Defence and Industry Conference and Essington Lewis Awards. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the conference organisers, Tony Fraser and his team at CASG, for the great work they have done in pulling together this event.
MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY, THE HON MELISSA PRICE MP DEFENCE CONNECT BUDGET LUNCH TUESDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2020 OPENING ADDRESS (ONLINE)
[Check against delivery] Welcome all to the Defence Teaming Centre’s Defence Industry Virtual Summit. I would like to thank Audra and her team at DTC for hosting this event to discuss our sovereign industry capability. It’s a great pleasure to be here.
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**E & OE Check against delivery** Thank you very much, Matt, for that very generous introduction and Bula Vinaka everybody! Welcome and good morning.
**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, and also for the state of South Australia.
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Good morning all and thank you, Brian, for that welcome. I see the serving members and veterans gathered with us today, welcome and thank you for your service. I would also like to acknowledge some very special guests – serving dog instructors, handlers and students, and of course, their canines.
ALEX HAWKE: Well, thank you, and good morning, everybody. It's great to be here at Victoria Barracks. Actually, I've got to say on behalf of the Government, and Minister Linda Reynolds, the whole Defence portfolio, secretly, I'm really ex-cited to be here today. It's a real thrill.
Good morning, and welcome to the ADM Congress 2020. I would like to thank Australian Defence Magazine for hosting today’s event, and in particular acknowledge Katherine for your continued support of our defence industry.
