Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions.

The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation.

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

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.

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

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

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