Mr Andrew MacLeod, CEO for the Commitee for Melbourne, delivers the 2011 Richard Searby Oration at Federation Square. The title of his address is 'Time for Action: Policy, Government or Business. 
The Richard Serby Oration has become a significant annual eventDeakin University calendar and marks the contribution made by Dr Richard Searby AO QC as Chancellor of Deakin University from 1997 to 2005.

Credo et Fido: Credit and Trust - pt 2

Each year Deakin University hosts three orations to the Deakin Community. These are the Richard Searby Oration and marks the contribution made by Dr Richard Searby AO QC as Chancellor of Deakin University from 1997 to 2005; The Brookes Oration, hosted annually by The Deakin Graduate School of Business is supported by Mr C H Brookes in honour of his father, Sir Wilfred Brookes. Sir Wilfred was the grandson of Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia, after whom Deakin University is named. The Law School Oration is hosted annually by Deakin Law School.