Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Some of you may be wondering why I am sporting this new hair style this afternoon.

Tim Hammond (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Warren Snowdon was first.

Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

No, I am not taking after Warren Snowdon. On Friday of last week I took part in 'Shave for a Cure'. I would like to thank my friends and my colleagues both on this side and on that side and also in the other place who have supported this great cause. We raised $2600 in only four days. To my friends and family and constituents back home in Fisher, this was a great demonstration of the way that Australians can pull together to help those who are suffering from leukaemia, which is the third greatest cause of cancer deaths in Australia. It is third only to melanoma and breast cancer.

The Leukaemia Foundation does fantastic work. On Monday they sent me an email to say that with the money we have raised this year, Australian scientists have come up with a new form of testing for leukaemia that is not as invasive or painful as it once was. This is a great example the Leukaemia Foundation using that money to help Australians.