Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Bilyk, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the month of May is Brain Cancer Action Month,

  (ii) brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Australians under the age of 40,

  (iii) brain cancer kills more Australian children than any other disease,

  (iv) the five-year survival rate for brain cancer in Australia is 22 per cent, and has barely improved in the past three decades, and

  (v) in addition to brain cancers, approximately 2,000 benign brain tumours are diagnosed each year in Australia, and that these may cause permanent disability or death; and

(b) urges the Australian Government to take whatever action is necessary to improve the survival rate for brain cancer.

Question agreed to.