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.
Prof. Quentin Grafton
Professor of Economics, Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance
ViewGeneral Tom Middendorp, Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Ret)
Chair, International Military Council on Climate and Security
ViewCG Commodore Jay Tristan Tarriela
PCG Spokesperson on the West Philippine Sea & Special Staff of the Commandant on Issues concerning the West Philippine Sea
ViewRobert Fitzgerald AM & Dr Marlene Krasovitsky
Age Discrimination Commissioner & Consultant to the World Health Organisation's Global Campaign to Combat Ageism
ViewProf Fiona Wood AO
2005 Australian of the Year, Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Fiona Stanley Hospital and Perth Children's Hospital, Wounds Australia Board Director
ViewThe Hon Bill Shorten MP
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Minister for Government Services
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