Orations

AI and data, truth and the killing of journalists, inequality, racism, refugees, international law, climate and football, and a new social bargain to put people back at the centre.

Craig spoke on a panel at UNHCR’s annual consultations on resettlement and complementary pathways for refugees.

Truth-telling with First Nations, an Australian republic with our own head of state, and a truly multicultural nation.

Why Australia needs a Charter of Rights: a new social bargain that protects the dignity, equality and freedom of every person, in law.

Courage, solidarity, humanity and leadership: how Australia can recover its humanity at home and its place in the world, from refugees and racism to climate and human rights.

Why lawyers and every profession must anchor their work in conscience and humanity, and stand up when the law fails people.

Who we are as a nation, who we could be, and the truth-telling, justice and courage it will take to get there.

A call to free the refugees held for years in Melbourne's Park Hotel, and to end Australia's system of indefinite detention.

Why confronting racism, rather than managing it, is one of the most positive things a citizen can do, and why one standard must apply to every community.

Craig and Hakeem al-Araibi on the campaign that freed him, and sport’s duty to protect athletes at risk. (Video)

Lessons from the campaign to free Hakeem al-Araibi: the power of the athlete’s voice, FIFA’s human rights obligations, and why Australia should join the sport and human rights movement.

What the campaign to free Hakeem al-Araibi teaches about people power, and how compassion, and rights enshrined in law, can change Australia’s treatment of refugees and people seeking asylum.