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I Think We Have To Keep Working Enormously Hard To See That Every Single Indigenous Child - Every Australian Child - Has True Equality Of Opportunity. Weve Got To Work Harder At It. I Think, You Know, The Heartland Issue For Us Is The Gap; The Gap In Life Expectancy In This Country.

When A Woman Is Fit And Healthy, Everything Else Falls Into Place. We Are Conditioned To Put Others First, That 'burnt Chop Syndrome' We Observed In Our Mothers. It Takes Discipline To Pay Attention To Our Diets, To Exercise, To Leave Time For Refreshment Of Mind, Body And Spirit.

All Women Need Support When They're Having Their Babies And Their Little Families Are In Formation. I Have To Say I Have A Lot Of Concern About The Numbers Of Women - And Men, Now - Who Are Not Getting The Support That They Need. There Are Not The Families And The Communities Around That There Used To Be.

One Of The Most Enjoyable Things I Do At Government House And When I Travel Around Australia Is To Talk With Children. I Tell Them About Our Parliamentary Democracy - And I Often Do That As I'm Walking Into An Executive Council Meeting Next Door!

I Think There's A Very Clear Recognition And Understanding That The Progress Of Women In Business At The Very Highest Decision-making Levels Is Too Slow. This Is A Discussion That's Going On In Every Country Around The World, Actually.