Media Centre
Speeches - 2008
This section offers speeches and articles published by the Minister in 2008.
Note: Speeches and articles are ordered by date, not by topic.
February | May | June | July | September | November
November
- Refugee Policy Under The Rudd Government – The First Year (Parramatta Town Hall, 17 November 2008)
September
- Second Reading Speech - Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008 (Canberra, 24 September 2008)
July
- New Directions in Detention - Restoring Integrity to Australia’s Immigration System (Canberra, 29 July 2008)
- Keynote Address on Sustaining the boom - the role of skilled migration in the WA economy (Western Australia, 17 July 2008)
June
- Address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia about the Federal Government’s plan for meeting the growing demand for skilled labour (Perth, 27 June 2008)
- Address to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on World Refugee Day (Canberra, 20 June 2008)
May
- Address to Catalyst Forum on Temporary Migration (Sydney, 6 May 2008)
February
- Address to the 2008 National Members’ Conference of the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal (The Windsor Hotel, Melbourne, 29 February 2008)
- Opening statement to the Senate Standing Committee On Legal and Constitutional Affairs (Canberra, 19 February 2008)