It is a pleasure to be back at the National Press Club. After an absence of more than a decade, it is welcome to catch up with old friends and colleagues and hopefully to make new ones.
I commence by offering acknowledgement to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, the traditional custodians on these ancestral lands and recognise their enduring connection to the land and waterways around us. I pay respect to Elders past and present and to the Elders of other communities in Australia.