Former Finance Minister in the Rudd Labour Gov't, the Hon Lindsay Tanner delivers the 2009 Richard Searby Oration on the subject of Building a smart economy: Australia's 21st Century productivity challenge. The Richard Serby Oration has become a significant annual event on the Deakin University calendar and marks the contribution made by Dr Richard Searby AO QC as Chancellor of Deakin University from 1997 to 2005.