I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpayer funded backing for wholesale term funding for Australian deposit taking institutions. I call on the Government it make clear the conditions upon which taxpayer funds will be used in this way.

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

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

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.

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.

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