Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Bilyk, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that National Palliative Care Week runs from 24 May to 30 May 2015;

(b) encourages all Australians to use National Palliative Care Week to get together with those close to them, celebrate life and talk about death; and

(c) recognises that, as people are facing the end of life, particular questions to ask include: how they want to be cared for, what values are important to them, what types of medical assistance they want to receive, whether they wish to be buried or cremated, where they want to pass away, whether they have established a power of attorney, and whether they have considered writing an Advance Care Plan.

Question agreed to.