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

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

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

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

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