Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

There are some things that can't be measured.

We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they constitute what's referred to as 'the social economy'.

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.