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

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

But it's not just the cattle producers, it's all the attendant industries like transport and shipping and feed producers and the like. There will be enormous ramifications across the beef industry generally as a result of the Government's decision to ban all exports to all of the abattoirs in Indonesia.

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

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

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.

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