From the first address from Chief Justice and External Affairs Minister Sir Garfield Barwick on 17 May 1963 held at the then Hotel Canberra, right through to present day addresses held in our state of the art television studio, our speaker archive is available for download by decade to the right. Below is a list of our most recent speakers.
Archived Speakers
The National Press Club of Australia is very proud of its heritage. Over the years the Club has hosted Addresses from a vast array of visiting international figures, Heads of State, Religious leaders, innovators and political leaders, including every Prime Minister/Opposition Leader every year over the past 40 years.
General Tom Middendorp, Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Ret)
Chair, International Military Council on Climate and Security
ViewThe Hon Bill Shorten MP
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Minister for Government Services
ViewProfessor Martine Maron & Professor Jamie Pittock
Professor of Environmental Management in the School of the Environment at UQ & Professor of Geography in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the ANU
ViewSebastien Lai, Jennifer Robinson & Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
Jimmy Lai’s son, Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers & Human rights lawyer
ViewProf. David Thomas
Chief Science and Strategy Officer of Omico, Director, Centre for Molecular Oncology, University of New South Wales & Head, Genomic Cancer Medicine Laboratory, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
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