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House Votes and Proceedings
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House
- 1 MEETING OF THE HOUSE
- 2 SELECTION COMMITTEE—REPORT
- 3 PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTIONS—PRESENTED BY SPEAKER
- 4 MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
- 5 REGISTRAR OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
- 6 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER
- 7 AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER
- 8 EVIDENCE AMENDMENT (JOURNALISTS’ PRIVILEGE) BILL 2010
- 9 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE BUILDING THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION PROGRAM BILL 2010
- 10 POSTPONEMENT OF NOTICE
- 11 AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE TAX SYSTEM REVIEW
- 12 FOOD LABELLING
- 13 ADDRESS IN REPLY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH
- 14 MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS
- 15 MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
- 16 CANONISATION OF SAINT MARY MACKILLOP—STATEMENTS
- 17 DEATH OF DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND—STATEMENTS
- 18 MATTERS REFERRED TO MAIN COMMITTEE
- 19 QUESTIONS
- 20 AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT
- 21 DOCUMENTS
- 22 DOCUMENTS—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENTS
- 23 LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MEMBER
- 24 GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMIES—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 25 NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM EXERCISE: MERCURY 10—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
- 26 ADDRESS IN REPLY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S SPEECH
- 27 NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME) BILL 2010
- 28 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (CONFIDENTIALITY OF TAXPAYER INFORMATION) BILL 2010
- 29 NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT (PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME) BILL 2010—DEFERRED DIVISION
- 30 BILLS REFERRED TO MAIN COMMITTEE
- 31 CRITERIA FOR INDEPENDENT YOUTH ALLOWANCE
- 32 GENE PATENTS
- 33 ADJOURNMENT
- DOCUMENTS
- ATTENDANCE
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Main Committee
- 1 MEETING OF MAIN COMMITTEE
- 2 MEMBERS’ CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS
- 3 AFGHAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
- 4 TELSTRA’S GRAFTON CALL CENTRE
- 5 SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUSTS
- 6 DEATHS OF PRIVATE NATHAN BEWES, TROOPER JASON BROWN, PRIVATE TOMAS DALE, PRIVATE GRANT KIRBY AND LANCE CORPORAL JARED MACKINNEY—CONDOLENCE MOTION MOVED BY THE PRIME MINISTER
- 7 OVERSEAS TRAINED DOCTORS
- 8 FORESTRY INDUSTRY
- 9 NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS WEEK
- 10 GRIEVANCE DEBATE
- 11 ADJOURNMENT
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House
9 NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS WEEK
The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the motion of Ms Hall—That this House:
(1) notes that:
(a) National Stroke Awareness Week was 13 to 19 September;
(b) sixty thousand people will suffer a stroke this year, that is, one stroke every 10 minutes;
(c) stroke is the second single greatest killer after coronary and a leading cause of disability in Australia;
(d) one in five people having a first stroke die within one month, and one in three die within one year;
(e) twenty per cent of all strokes occur in people under fifty five years of age;
(f) eighty eight per cent of stroke survivors live at home, and most have a disability;
(g) stroke kills more women than breast cancer;
(h) stroke costs Australia $2.14 billion a year, yet is preventable; and
(i) education plays an important role in reducing the occurrence of stroke; and
(2) acknowledges:
(a) the role played by the families and carers of stroke victims;
(b) the work of the National Stroke Foundation;
(c) the effectiveness of the FAST campaign; and
(d) that prevention is the best cure ( see item No. 3, Votes and Proceedings )—
Debate resumed.
The time allotted for private Members’ business having expired, the debate was interrupted, Ms O’Neill was granted leave to continue her speech when the debate is resumed, and the resumption of the debate was made an order of the day for the next sitting.