Bob Debus (Macquarie, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to make minor amendments to various Acts, and for related purposes. (Crimes Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Bill 2008)

Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to present a Bill for an Act to amend the law in relation to Commonwealth borrowing, and Commonwealth securities and investments, and for related purposes. (Commonwealth Securities and Investment Legislation Amendment Bill 2008)

Fran Bailey (McEwen, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

recognises the unapproved recipients of hormone treatments, including young men and boys who received human growth hormone, between 1960 and the mid 1980s;

(2)

acknowledges that the report it commissioned in 1993, known as the Allars Inquiry, found that approved female patients receiving the same treatment for infertility suffered negative effects and as a result of that report, received compensation from the Commonwealth; and

(3)

recognises the male recipients—both approved and unapproved—who received the same hormone treatment for growth purposes and provides similar compensation.