Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) this week marks 200 years since inventor Karl Drais rode the first two-wheeled 'laufmachine' in Germany, considered to be the first bicycle ever invented,

  (ii) now, in the 21st century, more than half of all Australian households have at least one bicycle in working order, and

  (iii) the 2015 National Cycling Participation survey shows that around 4 million people in Australia ride a bicycle for recreation or transport in a typical week; and

(b) calls on the Government to ensure everyone in Australia has the freedom to ride safely and invest in cycling infrastructure to support the objective of the National Cycling Strategy to double cycling participation by Australians.

Question agreed to.