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Senate Journal No. 43 - 12 November 2008
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 NATIONAL FUELWATCH (EMPOWERING CONSUMERS) BILL 2008E NATIONAL FUELWATCH (EMPOWERING CONSUMERS) (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008
- 4 SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—GENERAL LAW REFORM) BILL 2008
- 5 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS—STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 6 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 7 QUESTIONS
- 8 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 9 PETITION
- 10 NOTICES
- 11 POSTPONEMENT
- 12 DAYS OF MEETING
- 13 COMMITTEES—ESTIMATES HEARINGS
- 14 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC
- 15 HEALTH—NATIONAL SKIN CANCER ACTION WEEK
- 16 NUCLEAR WEAPONS—URANIUM EXPORTS
- 17 PROCEDURE—STANDING COMMITTEE—THIRD REPORT OF 2008
- 18 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—12TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 12 OF 2008
- 19 ENVIRONMENT—GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 20 DOCUMENTS
- 21 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 22 FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (DE FACTO FINANCIAL MATTERS AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008E OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AMENDMENT (GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE) BILL 2008
- 23 SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA BILL 2008
- 24 TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (EDUCATION REFUND) BILL 2008E TRANSPORT SECURITY AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2008E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIA-CHILE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION) BILL 2008E CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIA-CHILE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION) BILL 2008
- 25 ECONOMICS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—AUSTRALIA'S SPACE SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY SECTOR
- 26 SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—GENERAL LAW REFORM) BILL 2008
- 27 SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—SUPERANNUATION) BILL 2008
- 28 SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—GENERAL LAW REFORM) BILL 2008
- 29 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 30 ADJOURNMENT
- 31 ATTENDANCE
HEALTH—NATIONAL SKIN CANCER ACTION WEEKSenator Siewert, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 271—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the week beginning 16 November 2008 is National Skin Cancer Action Week, (ii) Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world, (iii) within Australia, Queensland has the highest rate of skin cancer, followed by Western Australia, (iv) skin cancers currently account for 80 per cent of all newly diagnosed cancers, (v) more than 1 600 Australians die from skin cancer each year, (vi) an estimated 950 000 visits to general practitioners each year are for the treatment of preventable non-melanoma skin cancers, and (vii) annually 281 new melanoma cases, 43 melanoma-related deaths and 2 572 new cases of squamous cell carcinoma are attributable to the use of solaria; and (b) calls on the Government to: (i) support the recommendations of the Australasian College of Dermatologists and Cancer Council Australia by working with the states towards effecting tighter regulation of solaria, and (ii) implement and fund an ongoing national level skin cancer prevention campaign. Question put and passed. | |