I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.

A social problem is one that concerns the way in which people live together in one society. A racial problem is a problem which confronts two different races who live in two separate societies, even if those societies are side by side.

I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.

We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.

The majority of Aboriginals do not want handouts because they realise that welfare is killing them.

In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend.

The Government must do all it can to help reduce interest rates for business.