House debates
Monday, 21 November 2011
Bills
Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2011, Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011; Returned from Senate
1:51 pm
John Alexander (Bennelong, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
On 14 November last week it was World Diabetes Day. It is a particularly important issue for those supporting Movember, which I obviously am. As such, I visited one of the many global pharmaceutical companies in Bennelong, Eli Lilly, who provide an effective medicine for type 1 diabetes. Eli Lilly hosted an informative event including an address by Mirella Donaldson, community program manager for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, about the support program they provide. I thank Chris Miskel, all the way from Indianapolis, who is the managing director of Eli Lilly, for the opportunity to speak to a large audience and to help raise awareness on these important issues. Chris's family has two members who suffer from diabetes.
As the chair of the new Parliamentary Friends of Medicines Group, I invite all my parliamentary colleagues to join me for Medicines Australia end-of-year drinks at 6 pm tomorrow night in the theatre foyer, which also will serve as the launch for this new group. Chris Miskel and representatives from many other Bennelong pharmaceutical companies will be there to discuss the great work they do in alleviating the impacts of diabetes and many other illnesses that do so much damage to our communities, on both a personal and a family basis, and the major impact that preventative illness has on our productivity as a nation.
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