Home - Claire Moore - Labor Senator for Queensland

MOTIONS: Lyme Disease

Senator MOORE (Queensland) (12:13): I move:

That the Senate-

(a) notes the hard work of the Lyme Disease Association of Australia in its ongoing work to raise awareness and funds to provide ongoing advocacy for people living with Lyme disease;

(b) recognises that Lyme disease can be debilitating and have a devastating impact on the lives of people living with it; and

(c) calls on the Government to continue to work with the Lyme Disease Association of Australia to accept Lyme disease as a disease, undertake research, develop a national plan to collect statistics, and develop treatments for people living with Lyme disease.

Question agreed to.