Abbott pledges 40m to breast cancer fight
Abbott pledges 40m to breast cancer fight
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The President has pledged up to $40 million to the Women’s Marches across Australia.
The first march was held in Melbourne on Saturday and there have been more marches planned around the country.
The President also promised to hold further marches in the coming days in Queensland and Victoria.
media_camera The President on the road for the Women’s Marches around Australia. Picture: AFP
The President said this week he would take up to $10 million a year to fund breast cancer research.
However, Ms Barnaby told reporters last month she was not aware whether the President intended to meet that fund.
“This was only about $10 million,” Ms Barnaby said.
The Senator is the only sitting member of the Senate to raise the issue of funding the march.
media_camera Labor leader Bill Shorten, left, and his wife Sophie appear to speak to the media at Parliament House on July 28, 2017. Picture: Reuters
Earlier this week, Ms Barnaby’s office announced her husband would raise the issue of funding, and the Prime Minister’s Office earlier this week offered to host events.
Mr Barnaby said he would take the first steps to make sure that the President was aware of any proposed funding and asked for the Federal Government to make the necessary changes to the Commonwealth funding system to make sure the march did not fall outside its funding.
“The President has been so kind to me and the whole of his family when we have had our first of those issues. We are very happy,” he said.
“It’s a matter of princip충주출장샵 충주출장안마le and common sense. It’s not something that will happen without a chang가평출장마사지e.”
But Mr Abbott later issued a statement arguing he would not meet with the President at the next federal election if he did not agree to pay for the march.
“The $10 million the President said he would spend this year in supporting the Women’s Marches has been spent in support of women and girls around the world who are living with the terrible costs of breast cancer in Australia,” Mr Abbott said.
“In the last 10 months, we have seen the need for a d우리 카지노edicated $10 million a year to support cancer research, a $250 million commitment for women’s health in Australia, and tens of thousands of dollars spent in an effort to deliver new drugs and clinical trials into new treatments.”
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