Julie Bishop

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

“Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.”

“Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.”

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

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

“When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.”

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

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

“But it's not just the cattle producers, it's all the attendant industries like transport and shipping and feed producers and the like. There will be enormous ramifications across the beef industry generally as a result of the Government's decision to ban all exports to all of the abattoirs in Indonesia.”

“The message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means.”