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Keynote Address
29 November 2007

Address delivered to the  National Seminar on Languages Education: Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World Convened by DEST and the Asia Education Foundation.

A video of Joseph Camilleri's address can be viewed here

Keynote Address
21 February 2008

Keynote Address to Languages Strategy Launch for School Principals in the ACT: Languages Matter, Canberra, 21 February 2008.

Abstract

If the study and teaching of languages in Australia is to become a key educational priority, we need to cultivate a mindset that recognizes the importance of language, and respects and nurtures linguistic diversity.

We need to create a culture:

Keynote Address
8 August 2008

Keynote address delivered to Modern Languages Teachers Association State Conference 2008, Hobart, 8-9 August 2008.

Keynote Address
15 July 2008

Keynote Address delivered to Greater Brisbane Region Languages Education Conference, 13 October 2008.

Keynote Address
27 June 2009

Keynote address delivered to Language Policy and the Dialogue of Cultures, 7th National Community Languages Schools Conference, Asia Education Centre, University of Melbourne – 27 June 2009. The conference was attended by over 350 teachers from some twenty communities.

Lecture
5 September 2017

Ours is a time of turbulence, but now on a planetary scale. Many in the western world, Australia included, are anxious about the future, unsure where to turn for guidance or inspiration. Some seek to exploit these anxieties, offering black and white explanations of our predicament. For some, the problem is immigration, for others Islamic fundamentalism, or simply Islam. For others still, it is the conspiracy about global warming, or the forces driving globalisation.