Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Clearly melanoma is an issue that is increasingly confronting Australian families right across this country. Sadly, Australia is winning the race in terms of the amount of melanoma per capita. That is why what is happening with the Melanoma March right across this country is so important. The seaside city of Gosford on the Central Coast is looking forward to their third annual Melanoma March, from which funds will be raised to contribute to ongoing research with regard to melanoma. Funds raised, obviously, are vital for the research that will inform practice moving forward, and there are very heartening signs of new methodologies that elevate the immune system to help people overcome and fight melanoma from within their own bodies.

Small towns like Picton in rural New South Wales and right across the country, from Bathurst to Tweed Heads, Wagga Wagga and Bribie Island, will be participating, and I encourage senators and community members to participate fully.

Question agreed to.