Speeches

View important speeches (Acrobat PDF or weblink):

Melbourne, 8 May 2007 The Hon. Diana Bryant, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia Speech to Women Lawyers Achievement Awards, Melbourne BryantSpeech8May07.pdf

Sydney, 27 October 2006 Has the System Failed Women? Speech by Caroline Kirton, Immediate Past President Australian Women Lawyers at the Australian Bar Association Judicial Appointments Forum. Final Paper Australian Bar Association Judicial Appointments Forum Sydney 27 October 2006.pdf

The Hon. Marilyn Warren, AC Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 24 August 2006 on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Victorian Women Lawyers Speech CJ Warren VWL Tenth Anniversary Lunch 24 August 200….pdf

Sydney, Tuesday 27 June 2006 Advancing Women in Law, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate View speech: http://www.minister.dcita.gov.au/media/speeches/advancing_women

The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG London, Tuesday 21 February 2006 The Dame Ann Ebsworth Memorial Lecture "Appellate Advocacy - New Challenges" dameebsworth090206.pdf

13 October 2005 Judicial Appointments - Diversity, Transparency and Quality Speech presented by Her Honour Judge Gay Murrell SC JudicialAppointmentsOct05.pdf

August 17, 2005 Justice Michael McHugh WORKING_AS_A_HIGH_COURT_JUSTICE.pdf Courtesy of Sydney Morning Herald

	27th Oct 2004 Justice McHugh's Speech re: female successor and SMH articles http://www.hcourt.gov.au/speeches/mchughj/mchughj_27oct04.html http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/11/10/1100021883362.html
Ruth McColl SC	29th April 2003 Swearing-in Ceremony of The Honourable Ruth Stephanie McColl SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a Judge of Appeal  Please note that the speech is subject to copyright and we thank the Attorney General's Department for allowing WLA NSW to reprint.
	The Rise and Rise of Women Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer
	Work & Family: the legal perspective Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner