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.
At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.
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.
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.
We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.
Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.
Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.
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.
And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.
The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.
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.
Australia is already a world leader in dementia research, treatment and care.
