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
Isn't that crazy? It sounded fine a couple of months ago when I signed up for all this. I just didn't think it looked like that big a deal, to run a few miles after I got done with the marathon.
We have, after all, an ageing population, and dementia is generally a condition of ageing, in that the risk increases with age.
It is estimated that there are around 176,000 Australians living with some form of dementia - almost the total population of the Northern Territory.
We have a decreasing birthrate, although there are attempts to stem that trend, and we have an increasing life expectancy.
It is time for Government and providers, educators, unions, and health professionals to all work together to ensure that we attract and retain the best possible people in aged care, to ensure that the sector has a vibrant, interesting, rewarding career path so that it becomes a career of choice for people.
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.
We preserve the status quo, preserve existing systems.
Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.
This approach reflects the fact that ageing issues will affect every member of the national community, old and young alike.
If my brother and mother can enjoy this for a while, that's all I can ask for. It's the greatest thing in the world.
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.
Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.
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.
Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.