Andrew Broad (Mallee, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If I were to talk to some blokes and ask them, 'When was the last time you changed the oil in the car?' they could tell me. If I could talk to the farmers in my patch and ask, 'When was the last time you changed the oil on your tractor?' they could tell me. But it was Men's Health Week last week and I've got to ask, 'When was the last time you went for a check-up?'

Honourable Members:

Honourable members interjecting—

Andrew Broad (Mallee, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Some can tell you, which is good. Can I say to the fellas out there that it is worth going to have a check-up at least once a year. Go and see your doctor.

I learnt this lesson. I had a small mole just on my arm here, having been a farmer for 20 years and having spent plenty of time out in the bush. I thought it didn't look like much. I went to see my GP and he too said, 'It doesn't look like much, but we might just get that checked out.' They cut it out, and I've got to say: melanoma. So a bit of a scare. Then, of course, they had to hack off a whole lot more. So can I say to our guys out there: it is worth going to get a check-up; it is worth going to get your skin checked, get your heart checked, get your cholesterol checked and, for some of the older guys, get your prostate checked.

Honourable members interjecting—

It is worth going to talk to your GP. Has my time elapsed? It didn't even start. Okay, I'll do that again, hey!

Lucy Wicks (Robertson, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Mallee for his riveting contribution.