Marielle Smith (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) global estimates indicate more than 600 children have died from ingesting button batteries,

(ii) up to 20 children each week present to emergency departments after swallowing button batteries, and

(iii) two and a half years after the introduction of a voluntary industry code in Australia, a high level of unsafe button battery products remain available in the Australian market, and a meaningful decrease in the rate of button battery exposures or injuries is not yet apparent; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to implement a mandatory code to protect children from being exposed to button batteries in Australia and to prevent the sale of dangerous products.