Speeches and articles by the Chancellor
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You can find transcripts of the speeches and articles by Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, here.
2026
Articles
Australian apologists think Trump can do no wrong\ The Australian Financial Review, 8 January 2026
2025
Speeches
2025 Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Dinner\ Melbourne, 30 October 2025
Introductory remarks: Who killed the liberal international order and what comes next\ Inaugural Professorial Lecture by Professor Andrew Phillips, 17 September 2025
The future of Australia India Relations\ Australia India Business Council, 21 August 2025
Articles
Trump’s zero sum world leaves Australia walking on eggshells\ The Australian Financial Review, 3 October 2025
Repositioning Australia's Foreign Policy\ The Australian Financial Review, 15 July 2025
2024
Speeches
Function in honour of Dr S. Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs\ Brisbane, 3 November 2024
Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Lecture and Dinner\ Melbourne, 8 October 2024
Australian Governance Institute conference: workforce and productivity\ Melbourne, 5 September 2024
2023
Speeches
Launch of 'Leadership through Disruption' by Andrew Liveris AO\ Brisbane, 8 November 2023
Regional cooperation: Harder but no less vital\ Hanoi, 5 June 2023
Introductory remarks\ 2023 China Matters Oration, 15 February 2023
Articles
Is Australia in the dark about its most powerful neighbours?\ The Australian Financial Review, 9 March 2023
2022
Speeches
Why engaging Asia matters even more\ Asialink Weary Dunlop dinner, 24 August 2022
India and the world: an Australian perspective\ Centre for Policy Research 'India and the World' series, 16 March 2022
2021
Speeches
Asialink Korea Dialogue\ 25 November 2021
Asialink Cambodia Conference\ 28 October 2021
Australia bringing India into strategic, economic first tier\ StratNews Global interview, 8 October 2021
Research for Development Impact Conference\ 2 July 2021
Asialink Leadership Program\ 30 April 2021
Australia, India and the Region\ Perth USAsia Centre, 28 April 2021
'Engage and constrain or decouple from China' is the Joe Biden question: Peter Varghese and Raja Mohan\ ThePrint India - Debates, 23 January 2021
Articles
AUKUS is a good plan B for China. But let's not bring on Cold War 2.0\ The Australian Financial Review, 21 September 2021
China seeks client states not ideological conquests\ The Australian Financial Review, 22 June 2021
2020
Speeches
Digital Roundtable with Peter Varghese AO\ Advance Connect, December 2020
Articles
The Quad yet to face consequences of China's economic growth\ The Australian Financial Review, 3 November 2020
What should Australia do to manage risk in its relationship with the PRC?\ China Matters, June 2020
How best to manage our relationship with Beijing\ The Weekend Australian, 27 June 2020
2019
Speeches
Partnerships and quality: a Chancellor's perspective\ TEQSA conference, 29 November 2019
Remarks on receiving the Weary Dunlop Medal\ Asialink Chairman's dinner, 13 March 2019
The Indo Pacific and its strategic challenges: An Australian perspective\ 8 January, 2019
Articles
Australian universities and China\ Australian Strategic Policy Institute and The Courier-Mail, 24 August 2019
2018
Speeches
Australian universities and China\ National Conference on University Governance, 4 October 2018
2017
Speeches
Families Week Breakfast\ Toowoomba, 26 October 2017
A contested Asia: What comes after US strategic predominance\ 2017 Griffith Asia Lecture, 6 September 2017
The Michael Cameron Fund: 31 years of supporting Down Syndrome research\ UQ Art Museum, 21 March 2017
The international outlook and what it means for Australia\ Graduate Centre in Governance and International Affairs Roundtable, 17 March 2017
2016
Speeches
Australia and India: Building a partnership\ Deakin Lecture, 21 December 2016
Indian Ocean Conference\ Symbiosis University, Pune, 18 December 2016
Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) National Conference\ Canberra, 21 November 2016
Australia India China Business Forum\ Brisbane, 12 October 2016
Chancellor's Staff Address\ Brisbane, 19 July 2016