Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

congratulates the Western Australian Government on its commitment to negotiate an agreement with the Northern Territory Government so that renal patients living east of Warburton can, once again, access dialysis services in the Northern Territory;

(b)

notes that the Northern Territory Government has expressed a willingness to establish a similar agreement with the South Australian Government so that people from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands with end-stage renal disease can access ongoing dialysis treatment in Alice Springs;

(c)

expresses concern that, to date, the South Australian Government has been unable or unwilling to negotiate such an agreement;

(d)

asks the South Australian Minister for Health, John Hill, to advise what impediments, if any, are preventing his Government from entering into such an agreement;

(e)

calls on the Commonwealth Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, to urge the South Australian Government to commit to the establishment of such an agreement as a matter of priority; and

(f)

highlights the need for the Commonwealth Government to play a more active role in the development of a properly-funded, long-term response to renal disease across Central Australia.

Question agreed to.