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.

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

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.

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

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

Well they're very, very genuine concerns at present as to the status of the 800 people who are to be sent by Australia to Malaysia. There's concern about the status of asylum seekers in Malaysia generally, but there's concern about the status of the 800 to be sent.