Chris Hayes (Werriwa, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises and celebrates the significant contribution which Australia’s voluntary donors make to the Australian community as we approach World Blood Donor Day in June 2008;

(2)

recognises that whilst one in three people will at some stage require blood, presently only one in thirty people actually donate blood;

(3)

supports the efforts of the selfless individuals who give their blood to help save the lives and improve the health of people whom they may never meet;

(4)

congratulates the Australian Red Cross Blood Service for drawing attention to the need for more Australians to donate blood and celebrating the many generous and voluntary, unpaid blood donors who give blood each week to help those in need;

(5)

supports the efforts of the Minister for Health and Ageing and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing to increase the rate of blood donations in Australia; and

(6)

encourages members to actively encourage blood donation in their electorates.

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