Lord Mayor to push for Aung San Suu Kyi to speak in Melbourne Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to overseas members of the Myanmar community in Singapore. A PUSH is on for Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to deliver a major speech in Melbourne. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle will write to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate inviting her to give a lecture in the city during her visit to Australia in December. City councillors voted unanimously at a meeting this week to issue the invitation to Ms Suu Kyi, who spent several years under house arrest in Burma until political reforms by the military-led government. Cr Doyle said that the Burmese opposition leader was the voice of democracy."We've just been through a federal election and we kind of take democracy for granted," he said. We should be reminded that in countries around the world people have been imprisoned and have fought their entire careers simply for what we take for granted - and that is, a free and fair election. The two figures that crystallise that struggle around the world are Nelson Mandela, of course, and Aung San Suu Kyi. Cr Doyle said he would like Ms Suu Kyi to deliver a free public speech, such as the Sir Robert Menzies Lecture, with previous speakers including former British PM Margaret Thatcher and former PM John Howard. "It would be a wonderful event for Melbourne," he said. Ms Suu Kyi has confirmed she will attend a United Nations AIDS conference in Sydney in early December as part of her UN role. She is also expected to visit Melbourne and some other cities.