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

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives.

The message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means.

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

There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia.

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