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) the month of May was Brain Cancer Awareness 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, yet 90 per cent of Australians are unaware of this fact, and

  (iv) the five-year survival rate for brain cancer in Australia is 22 per cent, and has barely improved in the past 30 years; and

(b) thanks philanthropic organisations such as Brain Tumour Alliance Australia and Cure Brain Cancer Foundation for their continued efforts in improving Australians' awareness of the aforementioned facts about brain cancers and tumours;

(c) supports the Parliamentary Friendship Group, the Brain Cancer and Tumour Awareness Group in its efforts to raise awareness amongst senators and members of the facts about brain cancers and tumours; and

(d) urges the Australian Government to take action to improve the survival rate for brain cancer.

Question agreed to.