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Other speechesThis page is dedicated to Peter's speeches made outside of parliament. They include Peter's speeches at local events in the Southport electorate such as School functions, building openings and non for profit groups functions. They usually include a list of acknowledgements of the people attending the function, a special acknowledgement to the traditional owners of the land as well as dot point notes used by Peter.  Please click on the links below to view Peter speeches for the relevant year:-
National Stroke Awareness Week Launch Speech |
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Acknowledgements:
Councillor Margaret Grummit
Regan Brown: Rehabilitation Manager Allamanda Hospital
Colin Oxenford Chairman and Coordinator of the Stroke Support Group.
Members of the Gold Coast Stroke Support Group
Southport Bowls Club for hosting the event.
Speech Notes
• I would like to welcome everyone to the Gold Coast launch of National Stroke Awareness Week and thank you for the opportunity to say a few words.
• National Stroke Week allows for the continuing public education about stroke awareness and prevention in the community.
• Not many people are aware that Stroke is Australia's second biggest killer, following Heart Disease.
(Interesting facts and Figures from the National Stroke Foundation)
In 2008, Australians will suffer close to 60,000 new and recurrent strokes - that's one stroke every 10 minutes.
One in five people having a first-ever stroke die within one month and one in three die within a year.
The number of strokes will increase each year due to the ageing population unless something is done to reduce the incidence rate.
In the next ten years more than half a million people will suffer a stroke.
Stroke kills more women than breast cancer.
About 88 per cent of stroke survivors live at home and most have a disability.
Close to 20 per cent of all strokes occur to people under 55 years old.
Strokes cost Australia an estimated $2.14 billion a year.
• These figures are not known by many people today and that is why National Stroke Awareness Week is such an important initiative, we need to make people aware.
• In doing this the foundation has created the idea of the FAST program.
• FAST is an easy way for everyone to recognise the signs of a stroke, standing for Facial weakness, Arm Weakness, Speech Difficulty and Time to act.
• The National Stroke Foundation has set the challenge to distribute at least 1.3 million FAST wallet cards to Australians over 40 and I for one will be one of those.
• Its main focus was to outline prevention, early detection and management of chronic disease and its key risk factors - poor nutrition, physical inactivity, alcohol misuse and tobacco smoking.
• The Strategy is significant in that for the first time in Queensland a coordinated approach to the prevention and management of chronic disease across the health care continuum has been implemented.
• I would like to acknowledge the hard work the Gold Coast Stroke Support Group accomplish.
• The group offers stroke sufferers up-to-date information & education in the area of Stroke prevention, treatment, rehabilitation & support.
• Not only will Stroke Survivors benefit by attending meetings but members of their family and/or carer/s also benefit.
• So I would like to encourage everyone here to participate in National Stroke Awareness Week, even if it is a small as telling a friend or passing along a FAST card, getting the message out is what counts.
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