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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.

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.

The Hon Bill Shorten MP

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Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Minister for Government Services

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Professor Brian P. Schmidt AC

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Vice-Chancellor & President of the Australian National University

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Catherine Colonna

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French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

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Robert Nioa

Group Chief Executive of NIOA

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Jessica Rudd

Chief Executive Officer of The ParentHood

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The Hon Pat Conroy MP

Minister for Defence Industry Minister For International Development & The Pacific

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Andrew Hall

Insurance Council of Australia Executive Director & CEO

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The Hon Michelle Rowland MP

Minister for Communications

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Rupert Myer AO

Chair of A New Approach (ANA) and President of The Myer Foundation

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Francesca Albanese

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR THE OCCUPIED PALASTINIAN TERRITORY

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Malcolm & Lucy Turnbull

Australia's 29th Prime Minister & Urbanist, Businesswoman and Philanthropist

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Chanel Contos

Founder of Teach Us Consent & Chair of The Global Institute for Women's Leadership's Youth Advisory Committee

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Taryn Brumfitt

Australian of the Year 2023

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H.E. Mr Amir Maimon

Ambassador of the State of Israel to Australia

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Fiona Simson

President of the National Farmers' Federation

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Professor Richard Holden

Australian Economist & Professor

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Professor Peter Greste & Frances Haugen

Press Freedom Advocate & Facebook Whistleblower

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Senator Patrick Dodson

Senator for WA & Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart

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