Julie Bishop

“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.”

“Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.”

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

“My point is this, the Government made this decision to ban totally beef exports into Indonesia, even to compliant abattoirs and this will have enormous consequences for the beef cattle industry across Australia.”

“Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.”

“Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia.”

“Australia is already a world leader in dementia research, treatment and care.”

“Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia.”

“We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.”

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

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

“It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.”

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

“The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package.”

“There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”