39 Quotes by Julie Bishop

We have a decreasing birthrate, although there are attempts to stem that trend, and we have an increasing life expectancy.

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.

This approach reflects the fact that ageing issues will affect every member of the national community, old and young alike.

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.

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.

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.

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

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.