We are already seeing older people wanting greater choice in how, when and where they receive care.

Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.

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

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.

Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia.

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.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.