Vice Admiral Griggs, Vice Admiral Barrett, Rear Admiral Sammut, ladies and gentlemen. It's both an honour and a pleasure to be here with you this evening. As a mere civilian invited into your midst, I take it as a great compliment. I should admit that I did come very close to the 1963 entry at the RANC, but squibbed it at the last minute. But I hold a profound respect for the men and women who serve in the Royal Australian Navy today, and for those many more thousands who went before you in peace and war over a century and more. And I'm delighted to note that there are more admirals here tonight than there were at Trafalgar; that's very flattering.
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