Speech by the Editor, David Furse-Roberts.

Tonight’s occasion and this book is all about honouring a great Australian and a great standard-bearer of the Australian Liberal tradition who stands on the shoulders of such giants of our democracy as the Father of Federation, Sir Henry Parkes; the great architect and builder of our early Commonwealth, Alfred Deakin; the great champion of liberal free-trade, George Reid; and of course, the great Sir Robert Menzies who founded the modern Liberal Party.