Senate debates

Thursday, 12 October 2006

World Sight Day

9:39 am

Photo of Trish CrossinTrish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—
(a)
notes that 12 October 2006 is World Sight Day;
(b)
recognises that approximately 500 000 Australians are blind or have low vision;
(c)
acknowledges that with Australia’s increasingly ageing population, it is likely that the number of Australians who are blind or have low vision will increase;
(d)
supports the commitment of the member organisations of Vision 2020 for raising awareness about conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma, and refractive error and the serious level of trachoma in our Indigenous population; and
(e)
commends the work of the many support groups available for those people who are blind or have low vision.

Question agreed to.

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