Speeches
Nicola Roxon has delivered hundreds of speeches in the last two decades. Here is a small sample.
PARLIAMENT
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First Speech, 1998
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Resignation Statement, 2013
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Valedictory Speech, 2013
HEALTH
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What can we learn from past public health reform successes (and failures)? 2022
PLAIN PACKAGING (TOBACCO)
LAW
LEADERSHIP & WOMEN
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Victorian Women's Trust, Fay Marles, Equal Opportunity Fund, 2013
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The Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration, “Our Communities” Conference, 2022 (listen on ABC Radio National podcast Big Ideas: 'Social justice and empowering girls')
“I am a very strong believer that the difference between a profession and a job, is the obligation it attaches to you as a professional. It encompasses using all the best of your skill and professionalism to do the best job for your client, but applying standards that are set by the profession and, to some extent, the community. You owe an obligation to the court, to law itself, as well as to any client."
Nicola Roxon, Sir Ninian Stephen Lecture,
University of Newcastle Law School