We die ten years younger than average Australians and we are far from free. He uses statistics to support his arguments.Grant is humble in crediting his success to his family members who came before him.He thereby enhances his own credibility when it comes to the subject of racism in Australia. Grant tells personal stories of his family members and the indignities that they suffered, whether they were indigenous or white.We heard a howl of humiliation that echoes across two centuries of dispossession, injustice, suffering and survival.” / “The Australian Dream is rooted in racism.” He uses alliteration to frame his arguments: “We heard a howl.In that speech, King invoked the phrase “I have a dream” eight times. This certainly has echoes of Martin Luther’s King’s speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. He anchors his speech by returning to a phrase, “The Australian Dream”, 11 times.Typically, speakers want to adopt and open posture and not hold their hands together however, this is a good example of an exception to the rule. Even when he holds his hands together (starting at 1:05), it works well. He uses good hand gestures to emphasize his points.

He maintained a good pace and he excellent pauses. Grant’s voice was powerful without being overbearing.He has great eye contact throughout the speech.A debate such as this is one of those times. But certain occasions mandate the use of a lectern. Usually, a speaker should be out in front of the lectern so as to shrink the distance between himself and the audience. Grant was right to stand behind the lectern.I wanted to make a statement about how we live with the weight of history. I just wanted to look people directly in the eye. I didn’t want to write anything, I didn’t want to be standing there looking down at notes. Interestingly, Grant apparently delivered the speech off-the-cuff. While I would not elevate this speech to that status-and Grant himself has said that, while he is flattered, he is “not in any way worthy of that sort of comparison”-it is an excellent speech. Several people are touting it as the Australian equivalent of Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech.

Who said we are better than that