Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that lead levels in Port Pirie continue to be dangerously high;

(b) further notes that:

  (i) impacts on children are particularly significant with 21.4% of children currently exceeding blood lead level readings of 10 micrograms per decilitre, and

  (ii) South Australia's Department of Health has indicated that there is no safe level of lead exposure, and exposure should be reduced or prevented to keep blood lead levels as low as possible; and

(c) calls on the Federal Government to develop an action plan to immediately reduce lead levels in Port Pirie.