Bob Carr

The longest-serving premier of NSW and a former foreign minister of Australia

The Hon Bob Carr was a former Foreign Minister of Australia and one of Australia’s most recognisable political leaders who helped elevate Australia’s relations with China achieving a more strategic partnership.

For over 10 years he was Premier of New South Wales and set new records for State Government spending on infrastructure, hosted the world’s best Olympics in Sydney 2000 and achieved the nation’s best school literacy levels.

Forbes magazine called Bob Carr a ‘dragon slayer;’ for his landmark tort law reforms. Recently retired from Federal politics, the University of Technology, Sydney appointed him to lead the Australia-China Relations Institute – a think tank dedicated to Australia-China relations.

Bob Carr is uniquely qualified to talk about how international developments can shape your business and about the phenomenon of China.

Bob Carr offers a humorous and enlightened account of what it's like to be a member of the Foreign Minister's club, to shape opinion, and to win and lose arguments in world forums.

Politics & Law

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Key Points for Bob Carr

Former Foreign Minister for Australia.
Helped elevate Australia’s relations with China achieving a more strategic partnership.
For 10 years he was Premier of New South Wales.
As Premier he introduced the world’s first carbon trading scheme and curbed the clearing of native vegetation as anti-greenhouse measures.
Was a member of the International Task Force on Climate Change convened by Tony Blair.

Topics for Bob Carr

America's future
- How its strengths and weaknesses affect your business.
Global warming
- The most serious challenge of our time.
Greenhouse, terrorism and proliferation
Imagining catastrophe
Leadership
- An Australian looks at the careers of Lincoln and FDR.
Lessons for today from the world's greatest leaders
The 10 decisions Australia got right
The Australia of 1942 and the fall of Singapore
The case for medical research
The Roman Empire and its lessons for us
The terrorist threat: How to survive as a business in the new climate

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