CANBERRA, ACT, June 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.
Every year, CEDA's State of the Nation Conference invites all of us caught up in the busy rush of a Parliamentary sitting week, to take a breath.
To zoom out from the day to day, hour by hour, minute by minute political contest, and look to the long term.
CEDA frames its work around the Australia of 2050.
In our democracy, where three-year terms are short and the media cycle is much shorter, when there are always new challenges emerging and different issues competing for attention, a quarter century int...