Her speaking fee was not reported, but The Australian compared ticket prices with Taylor Swift concert prices.<\/p>\n
\u201cPasses retail for up to $A4499, almost triple the price of Taylor Swift\u2019s VIP Australian tickets, and the spend comes just months after [Treasurer] Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher asked departments to cut down on costs as spending hit a 40-year high,” reported The Australian.<\/p>\n
Organisers say the \u201clandmark summit convenes leaders navigating ambiguity and transformation at scale\u201d. <\/p>\n
Marketing material states: \u201cHeadlined by global leader The Rt. Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern, it brings together voices who have led with clarity, empathy and courage under pressure \u2013 making decisive calls when certainty is limited. The focus is how direction, trust and momentum are established when the path ahead is unclear.”<\/p>\n
A short biography states that Ardern became the Prime Minister of New Zealand at just 37.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring her time in office, she faced the challenges of a live-streamed domestic terror attack against New Zealand\u2019s Muslim community, a volcanic eruption, and the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n
Today’s front page of The Australian.<\/p>\n
\u201cMs Ardern\u2019s focus on people, kindness, and what she has called \u2018pragmatic idealism\u2019 saw New Zealand achieve some of the lowest losses of life experienced by any developed nation through the pandemic, the ban of military-style semi-automatic weapons in her country, and the creation of the Christchurch Call to eliminate violent extremism online, which Ms Ardern continues to hold the role of Special Envoy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Australian said government agencies, including intelligence, defence and the tax office, had purchased tickets to send staff to the event.<\/p>\n
Ardern will appear in a fireside chat with moderator and public speaker Holly Ransom. While Ardern headlines the summit, there are a range of other business leaders also speaking.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe summit will be staged in six capital cities and fellow speakers at the Canberra event, alongside Ms Ardern, include former Labor leader Bill Shorten, ABC journalist Annabel Crabb and a bevy of top bureaucrats and defence heads,\u201d reported The Australian.<\/p>\n
It further noted: \u201cMs Ardern enjoyed record rates of popularity in New Zealand at the height of her leadership, but her management of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic reforms \u2013 decisions widely viewed as having fuelled the country\u2019s recession \u2013 contributed to her decline in the polls and eventual resignation in 2023.”<\/p>\n
The summit schedule says: \u201cAligned with our theme \u2018The Courage to Lead Differently\u2019, Ardern draws from her best-selling memoir, A Different Kind of Power, to challenge the outdated notion that leadership requires a \u2018thick skin\u2019 or an iron fist.”<\/p>\n