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

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.

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.

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

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

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

We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.

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.

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

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it.

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

I love competing.

You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it.

I see potential in everything. It's about opening your mind to what you can do to the garment: because they're cheap, you can cut them or stitch them, and if you stuff it up, it's fine - it's only two dollars.

Mainly, I have actually been getting involved with an organization called MALDEF. It's a Latino organization. And I would like to get involved with charities that have to do with children or homelessness or education, or all of them together.

Keeping secrets from your father will only lead to trouble.

Of course, my motto is still, 'Work is work, private is private.'

Too often today, we do not rely on faith so much as on our own ability to reason and solve problems.

I am brave.

You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Be young, be dope, be proud.

Judges are real people with real-world experiences and backgrounds. We cannot expect them to erase their experiences and backgrounds from the mindset that informs their judicial decision-making.

What is right is not always popular.

Yes, I'm a complete itinerant. I keep making attempts not to be, but then circumstances make me uproot and go somewhere else again. It's not the worst thing in the world at all; I love it. In fact, I'm probably horribly addicted to it.

We have an opportunity with the Model S to refine the design language, the surfacing, and all aspects of functionality.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes Lots of things and it may take months or years for wish to come true but its far more likely to happen when you care so much about a wish that youll do all you can to make it happen.