Glenn Lazarus (Queensland, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week is being held in Australia from 8 November to 15 November 2015,

(ii) the week is an initiative of the Australian Spinal Injury Alliance, which represents eight of the country's largest spinal cord injury organisations, and is a national campaign to raise awareness about spinal cord injuries, to encourage injury prevention, and to create a more inclusive and accessible community for everyone,

(iii) approximately 350 to 400 people sustain a spinal cord injury each year in Australia, and that almost 12 000 Australians are living with a spinal cord injury, and

(iv) the campaign also raises awareness that people who have a spinal cord injury are involved in all aspects of life and are contributing to the community in many different ways, and asks all Australians to consider how they can make their community more inclusive; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to work with organisations and stakeholders in the spinal injury sector to develop and deliver a National Spinal Cord Injury Strategy that will provide a foundation for better outcomes, both social and economic, for all Australians affected by a spinal cord injury.

Question agreed to.