Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) National Asthma Week was held from 1 September to 7 September 2015,

(ii) the theme of National Asthma Week 2015 was 'You Care We Care—One Asthma Community',

(iii) asthma affects around one in four children, one in seven adolescents and one in ten adults,

(iv) 2.3 million Australians currently have asthma,

(v) asthma is the number one cause of hospital admissions amongst young children, and

(vi) while many in our community lead highly successful lives despite their asthma, asthma continues to be a significant burden for too many, including those who live below the poverty line and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and

(b) congratulates Asthma Australia for its work promoting National Asthma Week and raising community awareness of asthma.

Question agreed to.