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

Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions.

Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.

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.

At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.