Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

(1)

That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Men’s Health, be established to inquire into and report by 30 May 2009 on:

General issues related to the availability and effectiveness of education, supports and services for men’s health, including but not limited to:

(i)

level of Commonwealth, state and other funding addressing men’s health, particularly prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and depression,

(ii)

adequacy of existing education and awareness campaigns regarding men’s health for both men and the wider community,

(iii)

prevailing attitudes of men towards their own health and sense of wellbeing and how these are affecting men’s health in general, and

(iv)

the extent, funding and adequacy for treatment services and general support programs for men’s health in metropolitan, rural, regional and remote areas.

(b)

participating members may participate in hearings of evidence and deliberations of the committee, and have all the rights of members of the committee, but may not vote on any questions before the committee; and

(c)

a participating member shall be taken to be a member of the committee for the purpose of forming a quorum of the committee if a majority of members of the committee is not present.

Question agreed to.