";s:4:"text";s:5408:" However, I strongly believe that while a work of art might not save your life in the way that good healthcare can and while it might not make your trip to work any quicker or easier than a good road system can, we need the arts to challenge us, to entertain us and to help us to look at the world in different ways.For Australia to have a strong economy and essential services, it is imperative that we continue to uphold, promote and embed our core Liberal and democratic values including the innate dignity of every individual, of individual freedom, rights and responsibilities and of equality.There is evidence of a rising lack of understanding of and confidence in democracy and free enterprise both here in Australia and in other parts of the world. I also say a big thank you to all of their families.Curtin is home to the Royal Agricultural Society of WA, surf lifesaving clubs and every possible sporting club you could want. West Australian Liberal Party members have nominated Celia Hammond to replace former foreign minister Julie Bishop as the party's candidate for the seat of Curtin.After a five-hour meeting at the Cambridge Bowling Club in Floreat, the 50-year-old lawyer and former vice-chancellor of Notre Dame University was the successful candidate from five nominees vying for the safe Liberal seat in Perth's western suburbs.Ms Hammond said she was "humbled and delighted" to have been preselected and added: "Assuming it is endorsed [by the Liberal Party's state council], I look forward to getting out and working with all the people in the seat of Curtin. Such institutions need to be held accountable and we need to have appropriate legislation and regulation to ensure that they are held to account and that the same things are not repeated. I am humbled and privileged to represent and serve all of the approximately 140,000 people who live in Curtin. The only limitations were my own desires, my own skills and attributes, my own initiative and motivation. In this regard, I note this government’s commitment to ensuring that the NDIS actually works for the recipients and is tailored to their individual needs rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.I also note our rising needs in aged care. We are the home of a number of wonderful volunteer and philanthropic organisations, including a dogs home and a cats home, of environmental organisations and of great arts and culture, including the wonderful annual Sculpture by the Sea. I want Australian families to be supported so that they in turn can provide the support and love which individuals need to flourish. But we must also recognise that none of our individual freedoms or rights are completely unfettered. I had educational opportunities, which I encouraged to pursue. We need to be circumspect and considered in our responses and we need to resist overzealous legislative reactions. We have rising demands and needs—and our government has rightly recognised the criticality of them—particularly in areas of mental health, palliative care, chronic pain and dementia. John Howard. My parents encouraged each of their four girls to find their own passions in life, find their own strengths, find and develop their potential and live their own best lives while always being open to others and contributing to society. In later years, I found a career, a vocation, which combined my passions for law, teaching, service and management. We need to prepare people for the changing world. A lawyer, she is the former vice-chancellor of the University of Notre Dame. And her final speech, dressed in blazing white, was no exception, writes Annabel Crabb.The race to find a Liberal candidate for the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin was triggered last month when The surprise announcement, on Parliament's final sitting day ahead of the federal budget on April 2, ended months of speculation about Ms Bishop's intentions, following Ms Bishop was the first Australian woman to serve as foreign minister, and the first woman to stand for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party.She has held the seat of Curtin — one of the safest Coalition seats in the nation — since 1998.Ms Bishop currently holds the electorate by a margin of 20.7 per cent.This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.Morrison says he's confident Liberals will retain WA seats at federal electionBehind the Curtin, an epic power struggle is taking place within the WA LiberalsLiberal pick for Stirling hits back against gender bias after beating four women to nominationAuckland locked down as Jacinda Ardern announces NZ's first coronavirus cases in 102 daysPNG is walking a tightrope on COVID-19 so it's abandoned lockdownsCoronavirus update: 'I can be the first they experiment on': Duterte's offer to RussiaThe COVID-19 curve that's worrying doctors in VictoriaJimmy Lai's Apple Daily vows to 'fight on' after his arrest in Hong KongNSW 'on knife edge' as state records highest number of COVID-19 cases in four monthsDefence Minister disputes Andrews's claim ADF was not offered to help run hotel quarantinePutin says Russia has approved world's first coronavirus vaccine, despite WHO's warnings about rushing it through'What do I like about this? Our educational offerings must be properly balanced. I love you.