Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I wish to inform the chamber that Senator Bilyk will also sponsor the motion. At the request of Senator Polley and Senator Bilyk, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) June is Migraine Awareness Month,

  (ii) migraine severely impacts an individual’s capacity to work, their mental wellbeing, quality of life and relationships,

  (iii) approximately 4.9 million people in Australian suffer from migraine, of which 400,000 are chronic migraine sufferers,

  (iv) migraine affects more women than men, with approximately 3 women sufferers for every male sufferer, a ratio of 3 to 1, and

  (v) there are currently two drugs recommended for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to treat migraine, Emgality and AJOVY, with Emgality having been recommended by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee in July 2019; and

(b)   calls on the Government to list these drugs on the PBS immediately to provide relief to those suffering from migraine.