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.

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.

We know we are entering a period of transformation in aged care.

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

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

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