In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first and fundamental obligations of co….

We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be known for. At the core of….

Let's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable..

It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind thes….

But it is my total conviction that all the trappings of good leadership are generic and widely applicable whether you are standing in a khaki queue w….

I must say that part of our national wealth is not only the nation's people but those people who lead them..

We want our leaders to be fair dinkum, as much among us as above us..

Communication is the conduit of leadership from the Prime Minister down to the leading hand of a small group of council workers fixing the roads. Lea….

But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their stoicism and the….

Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That's one of our proudest national ….

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands..

They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside as saying, ….

Oh, fatherhood has a very humanising effect on a bloke like me in the military. As a dad, you become absolutely aware of your own human frailty and a….

Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true..

I saw one of my primary tasks was to do what I could to restore confidence, to ensure that people knew and cared about their predicament and that gov….