Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises the extraordinary deeds of John Simpson Kirkpatrick who demonstrated courage above and beyond the call of duty when he and his donkeys rescued injured soldiers from the battle fields of Gallipoli;

(2)

calls for the Government to award a posthumous Victoria Cross to ‘Simpson’ in accordance with the wishes of his World War I Commanding Officers and the many thousands of Australians both young and old who demand this recognition for his acts of bravery;

(3)

believes it is a travesty of justice that he has been denied the award of the Victoria Cross for all these years; and

(4)

notes that all Australians would strongly support the posthumous awarding of his honour.

to move:

That the House:

(1)

is made aware that Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) affects as many as 1 in 250 Australian children, and that its associated eye disease is the leading cause of childhood blindness in Australia today;

(2)

recognises the physical, emotional, and financial burden that this chronic disease places upon the family unit; and

(3)

calls on the Government to:

(a)

establish a National Database for JIA, so that early diagnosis and professional support can be given to these families through the Australian Paediatric Rheumatology Group; and

(b)

implement specialised clinics with Visiting Medical Officers at major regional hospitals throughout Australia.

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