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

I, and also on behalf of Senators Di Natale, Xenophon and Seselja, move:

That the Senate notes that:

(a) 12 500 Australians are diagnosed with melanoma each year, and 1 650 of those are diagnosed with advanced melanoma;

(b) advanced melanoma kills more than 1 500 Australians each year – or one death every 6 hours;

(c) melanoma is the most common cancer in young Australians aged 15 to 39, and those diagnosed with advanced melanoma have a median survival of only 8 to 9 months;

(d) melanoma is estimated to be the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in 2014 in Australian:

(i) males, after prostate and colorectal cancer, with 7 440 cases, and

(ii) females, after breast and colorectal cancer, with 5 210 cases;

(e) advanced melanoma costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and has a devastating personal cost to individuals and families; and

(f) in March, Australians around the country will participate in the Melanoma March community walks to raise awareness of melanoma.

I seek leave to make a short statement.