Rowan Ramsey (Grey, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House:

(1) recognises that:

(a) Patrick Ryan, aged 16 years, from Port Lincoln South Australia died in February 2020 at a party with friends as a result of inhaling Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from a barbecue gas bottle;

(b) a number of young Australians have died from intentionally inhaling LPG; and

(c) inhaling LPG can cause dizziness, coughing, nausea, vomiting, skin irritation, fever, numbness and death;

(2) notes that there is presently no label on LPG bottles warning inhalation may cause death;

(3) calls on the relevant Minister to:

(a) establish an inquiry to investigate the circumstances of such deaths; and

(b) develop recommendations to ensure LPG bottles are required to display a warning label which explains the gas is poisonous and of the dangers of inhalation; and

(4) asks that the relevant Minister consider the recommendations and urgently bring forward legislation, that if passed, will ensure all LPG cylinders in Australia carry the recommended warnings.

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