Speaking
Craig has captained his country, built a 24-year broadcasting career, chaired and run a national players’ association, studied law, and led human rights campaigns that changed lives on the other side of the world. He brings all of it to the stage.
Craig speaks to governments, corporations, NGOs, universities and conferences in Australia and around the world. Every address is tailored to its audience, and every one is grounded in real campaigns, real people and real results.
Topics
Human rights and international law
Why universality is the whole of international law’s legitimacy, what selective application costs us, and how individuals and institutions can uphold the rules when governments will not.
Integrity and ethics
Leadership, governance and accountability, drawn from Craig’s years chairing and leading Professional Footballers Australia and a career spent challenging corruption in world sport.
Australian multiculturalism
Who we are, who we can be, and why a genuinely multicultural Australia is our greatest national strength.
Anti-racism
One standard for every community, no exceptions, and practical ways organisations can confront racism rather than manage it.
Multilateralism and Australia’s place in the world
An independent foreign policy, the future of the United Nations and international courts, and how a middle power can lead.
Gender equality and women’s safety
From championing the Matildas and opening executive seats to women players, to evacuating Afghan women footballers and supporting the fight to end violence against women.
Sport, leadership and social change
What elite sport teaches about teamwork, pressure and purpose, and how sport can become a genuine force for human rights.
The human and the machine
Artificial intelligence, data and power, and why people must stay in control of the technologies that shape their lives.
Formats
Keynotes | Orations and named lectures | Panels and moderated conversations | Leadership and board sessions | Media and podcasts
Past events and audiences include
Government and international
United Nations, Geneva
United Nations, New York
UN Women
Australian Parliament: Speaker of the House of Representatives’ International Women’s Day event
NSW Government
National Press Club of Australia
Events in India and Singapore
Corporate
Commonwealth Bank
NAB
Google Australia
Microsoft Asia Pacific
Sport
Sport Australia
Football Australia
Australian Sport Conference
Law, academia and civil society
Australian Lawyers Alliance
Human Rights Law Centre
Victoria Law Foundation
Australian National University
Curtin University
RMIT University
University of South Australia
John Curtin Research Centre
Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration
On stage
Nelson Mandela Lecture, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, 2022
ANU Australia and the World Lecture, National Press Club, Canberra, 23 March 2022
Speaking to media, Sydney
National Press Club of Australia Address, Canberra, 23 March 2022