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A complete collection of the Minister's media releases, speeches and transcripts is available from the Department of Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts website
 
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Speech: A National Cultural Policy to 2020

27 October 2009
It’s a great pleasure to speak at the National Press Club about the arts, to record the substantial and enduring contribution they have made to the life of our nation. And in particular to reprise the government’s record of almost two years – in what has been a period of intense, focused activity – and to sketch some important challenges ahead, in particular my ambition for the development of a national cultural policy.

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Speech: French Order of Arts and Letters

29 June 2009
Firstly, to say what a great honour this is for me and to say to the Minister how much I appreciate not only the conferring of this honour but also that we were able to meet and speak together very freely and with a great deal of feeling about the arts.

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Speech: A Creative Australia - Why we must harness and embrace the arts

10 June 2009
In 1942, Labor Prime Minister John Curtin, when he might be forgiven for having other things on his mind, boldly stated that, “no time [was] more opportune for drawing attention to the cultural development of the Commonwealth”, and that, “in a young democratic nation cultural activities are important as a means of expression of the people”. 

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Keynote speech: Green Cities Conference, Brisbane

02 March 2009
It is a pleasure to open this conference and in doing so recognise the work of the Property Council of Australia and the Green Building Council of Australia, who for this third year running have brought the leading thinkers, architects, planners and builders together for what is a timely and essential gathering.

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Speech: The Future of International Whale Conservation, Lowy Institute, Sydney

18 February 2009
Thirty years ago, a historic transformation took place in Australia’s policy towards whales. A whaling nation from the late 18th century when European settlers first arrived, Australians hunted whales for their oil, bones and baleen.

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Statement to Press Conference Gunns pulp mill

05 January 2009
The Gunns pulp mill has been a matter of considerable public interest and, at times, controversy. The former environment minister, Malcolm Turnbull, approved the Gunns mill subject to a number of conditions.

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