The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.

We know we are entering a period of transformation in aged care.

It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.

When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.

Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia.

Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.

Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there's concern about the status of the 800 to be sent.