Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

There's someone in my head, but it's not me."Pink FloydDavid Eagleman

Sun glasses are the unofficial celebrities’ uniform.

I was supposed to be working on 'The Weekenders, ' but I was blocked. I got this crazy idea that I would make Christmas stockings out of blankets.

We're all born, and if you're going to live to be elderly, you'll have gone through a life journey different than anyone else's. It's unique to you, but you'll have some common themes.

Why then, if these new books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book ?

Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.

I would never tell anybody to get a divorce.

The devil doesn't sit idly by while you seek God. If you're pursuing Christ, the enemy is pursuing you.

What makes the world such a wonderful place is the diversity. I have always strived to fill my home, my office and my hotels with the most diverse crowds possible.

The technology in making games and in making anime is really similar. There are common concepts.