It is an honour to be in the company of so many former heads of state and government and I thank the hosts for providing me with the...

There is an old Chinese curse, famous around the world: “May you live in interesting times.”  There is no doubt we do. There is a great...

Address by David Morris Trade Commissioner, Pacific Islands Trade & Invest One Belt, One Road Investment & Trade Fair Shenzhen, 19 June...

Speech to the PECC/China Renewable Energy Society Expert Seminar on Renewable Energy and the Pacific Islands Beijing, 4 June 2015...

Sometimes – especially on the eve of a royal tour – old habits are hard to break. Our prime minister, Tony Abbott, has a habit of...

“You are on the frontier here” observed the President of the Central European University when I caught up with him in Budapest last...

Conventional thinking is that Australia is a complacent country, or, as Donald Horne famously quipped, “a lucky country.”  It’s why...

The Honourable Lu Zhiyuan, Assistant Governor of Hainan Province, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to our big island!...

Many Australians are disillusioned with politics and their leaders. David Morris says we need to improve our system of government and...

According to recent surveys, multiculturalism is endorsed by the vast majority of Australians. David Morris is optimistic about...

Whatever happened to the republic? It was front and centre in the national debate a decade and a half ago, with support across the...

While the tabloids eagerly await a celebrity birth in England, there is an interesting experiment in democracy taking place next door, in...

It may come as a surprise to some, but most people in the world know little about Australia. For many, we are a dream holiday destination...

Much has been written about the centre of the world’s economic gravity shifting to our region, but no strong narrative about our place in...

“To speak Chinese is not to know China,” our man in Beijing announced this week. “Many examples can be found of people who speak Mandarin...

No amount of AFL passes in the Oval Office during Prime Minister Gillard’s visit to Washington last month could disguise the real issue...

We can be awfully smug, we Sydneysiders. At this time of year, as we gaze at the ocean, plan fabulous festival outings and enjoy...