Taking Australia Further - Speech to the Official Opening of Edith Cowan University City Campus

Taking Australia Further - Speech to the Official Opening of Edith Cowan University City Campus Katie Saarikko Thu, 08/10/2026 - 08:50 ECU City is home to the Furley Hawkins Bentside Spinet. A piano made in 1736. 290 years old. Built in England 90 years before The Amity arrived in Albany. The person who made it could never have imagined that it would last ten generations. Nor go as far as a country called Australia. Just as that piano went far - that is now ECU’s mission. To Go Further. Australian Government support Because the massive challenges of this decade and the ones to follow need deep thinking. Artificial Intelligence, ageing population, authoritarianism. And that’s just some of the challenges starting with the letter A. Never has an educated population of doers been more needed. That is why I have been proud to champion this project. See it rise out of the ground. And meet the 10,000 students and staff bringing it to life every week. On raw numbers, this project will return $7.5 billion to the Australian economy. But that’s the baseline of ambition. And the impact will go even further. Delivering and educational legacy Innovation does not mean forgetting our past. The Wha

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