Speeches, interviews and articles
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Speeches, interviews and articles
Australians don't doubt the importance of higher education; they question its integrity (14 October, 2025)
Opinion editorial published in The Australian's Higher Education News
14 October, 2025
'State of the University' – Vice-Chancellor's All-staff Town Hall (7 August, 2024)
Address to all staff reflecting on 50 years of Deakin University and looking to the future.
Geelong Waterfront Campus and live-streamed
7 August, 2024
Launch of the Deakin Indigenous Strategy 2023–28 (13 February, 2023)
Speech to launch the Deakin Indigenous Strategy 2023–28
Online delivery, event at Deakin Downtown, Melbourne
13 February, 2023
The skills gap is one of the most urgent issues facing Australia (15 June, 2022)
Opinion article published in The Australian newspaper
15 June, 2022
Navigating the foreign country of our past to realise a better future (28 April, 2021)
Opening speech at the 2021 Humanitarian Leadership Conference
Online delivery, virtual event based in Melbourne, Australia
28 April, 2021
Deakin University: ‘Living Lab’ and leader for a carbon neutral future (20 April, 2021)
Speech at the official launch of the Deakin Renewable Energy Microgrid
Microgrid site, Deakin University Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
20 April, 2021
Adaptive leadership and managing in a global crisis (30 November, 2020)
Speech at the graduation ceremony of the Defence and Strategic Studies course
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), Canberra
30 November, 2020
Innovative education for the jobs of the future: Higher education’s role in a post-COVID world (26 October, 2020)
Speech for the Nationwide University Network in Indonesia (NUNI)
Online delivery in Australia, event based in Jakarta, Indonesia
26 October, 2020
Alfred Deakin's Legacy 100 years on (28 October, 2019)
Speech on the occasion of the 100 year anniversary of Alfred Deakin’s death
Deakin Downtown, Melbourne
28 October, 2019
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