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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 Dr Jim Chalmers MP

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The Treasurer of Australia

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Wally Lewis AM

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Rugby League Legend & Dementia Australia Ambassador

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Richard Fontaine & Beth Sanner

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Chief Executive Officer, Centre for a New American Security & Senior fellow at Harvard University Belfer Center & Former Deputy Director for National Intelligence

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Jeff Dimery

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Managing Director and CEO of Alinta Energy

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Kadri Simson

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European Commissioner for Energy

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Rosie Batty AO

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2015 Australian of the Year

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The Hon Greg Combet AM

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Chair of the Net Zero Economy Agency 

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Amy Pope

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Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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June Oscar AO

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

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The Hon. Mary Wooldridge

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Chief Executive Officer of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)

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Professor Sharath Sriram

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Professor

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Yanis Varoufakis

Academic Economist, Parliamentarian, Political Leader and Greece’s former Finance Minister

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Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher

Federal Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service

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Mr Max Chandler-Mather MP & Mike Zorbas

Federal MP for Griffith & Chief Executive, Property Council of Australia

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H.E Vasyl Myroshnychenko & Kateryna Argyrou - Moderated by Chris Uhlmann

Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia & Co-Chair of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, Co-Founder and NSW Representative of the Australian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce

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Dr Andrew Forrest AO

Executive Chairman and Founder of Fortescue, Minderoo Foundation, and Tattarang

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Chris Jordan AO

The Commissioner of Taxation, Australian Taxation Office

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Professor Rod Sims AO & Professor Ross Garnaut AC

Directors for the Superpower Institute

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