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

I, and also on behalf of Senator Polley, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) 20 May to 26 May 2018 was National Palliative Care Week (NPCW),

  (ii) the theme of NPCW 2018 was 'What matters most?', which addresses the need for Australians to plan ahead for their end-of-life care and discuss it with their loved ones and health professionals,

  (iii) according to the Grattan Institute's report, Dying Well, published in 2014, 70 per cent of Australians would prefer to die at home surrounded by loved ones, but only 14 per cent do so, and

  (iv) most Australians die in hospitals and aged care facilities, and many experience what the Dying Well report refers to as 'impersonal, lingering and lonely deaths';

(b) encourages all Australians to make plans for their end-of-life care and to discuss their plans with loved ones and health professionals; and

(c) urges all senators and members to promote to their constituents the importance of planning for, and having conversations about, their end-of-life care.

Question agreed to.