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

I inform the chamber that Senator Griff will join Senator Bilyk in sponsoring notice of motion No. 710.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

So noted.

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

At the request of Senators Bilyk and Griff, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) 14 February 2018 is World Cholangiocarcinoma Day, an international effort to raise awareness of a form of liver cancer that develops in the bile duct cells,

  (ii) 1 in 67 000 Australians are diagnosed each year with cholangiocarcinoma – around one per day,

  (iii) in Australia, liver cancers generally have a five-year survival rate of around 17 per cent, and

  (iv) many cholangiocarcinoma patients are diagnosed too late for potentially curative surgery; and

(b) recognises the need for continued efforts to improve the diagnosis, treatment and survival rates for rare and less common cancers, such as cholangiocarcinoma.

James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The coalition government is supporting Australia's fight against rare cancers and rare diseases with a $69 million boost announced last month as part of our broader $6 billion investment in medical research over the course of the forward estimates.

Question agreed to.