Julie Bishop
Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishopis an Australian politician, serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2013, and the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 2007. Bishop grew up in the Adelaide Hills and was educated at the St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School, later attending the University of Adelaide. Prior to entering politics, she was Managing Partner of top-tier Australian law firm, Clayton Utz...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 July 1956
CountryAustralia
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.
It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.
We are already seeing older people wanting greater choice in how, when and where they receive care.
At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.
Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.
Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.
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.
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.
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.
We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.
Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.
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.