Trish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that 12 October 2006 is World Sight Day;

(b)

recognises that approximately 500 000 Australians are blind or have low vision;

(c)

acknowledges that with Australia’s increasingly ageing population, it is likely that the number of Australians who are blind or have low vision will increase;

(d)

supports the commitment of the member organisations of Vision 2020 for raising awareness about conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma, and refractive error and the serious level of trachoma in our Indigenous population; and

(e)

commends the work of the many support groups available for those people who are blind or have low vision.

Question agreed to.