Thrilled 2 b profiled on Australian Story airing Monday, spotlighting incredible/life-changing Melanoma Institute Australia work & brilliant mind of Professor Georgina Long AO (Bluesky @gvlongphdmd). I sincerely hope amazing world 1st scientific data we have generated will change field & improve outcomes for all brain cancer pts!

#OTD 6 December 1938, Yorta Yorta elder William Cooper led a group of First Nations activists who marched for two hours from Footscray to the German consulate in Melbourne to condemn the ‘cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government in Germany’.

The #AustralianCancerPlan is an Australian first ten-year plan designed to improve cancer outcomes, particularly for those groups whose health outcomes are poorer. To learn more and view the #AustralianCancerPlan today, visit australiancancerplan.gov.au

Everyone who knew Peta Murphy loved her. How could you not. I spoke in Parliament today about the irreplaceable Peta Murphy.

There has not been a single alcohol policy intervention in the 35 years I have worked in Central Australia that is focused on abstinence. This is a very political research question that is so hypothetical it is irrelevant in terms of alcohol policy. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I have decided to do all my supermarket shopping at Woolworths for the next 3 weeks, as a show of solidarity with the retail staff being abused by Dutton's mutton.

Like me, in May 2023, Jenny George diagnosed with #glioblastoma. V generously supporting fundraising event this Sunday for Melanoma Institute Australia #melanoma & #BrainCancer research. Sold out in person but online participation in auctions for great items possible: app.galabid.com/jennygeorgebla…

The Boorowa water crisis is finally getting some attention!! Thanks to @amelizajane from Guardian Australia for coming out to hear from us on our 26 days without drinking water! Shoutout to Steph Cooke MP too for all her hard work during this crisis! theguardian.com/australia-news…

Opinion: Imagine if remote community houses were designed by their Indigenous residents nit.com.au/04-03-2024/100…

Want more information about cancer? Visit Our Mob and Cancer, a website co-designed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer, your families, communities, and the health professionals who care for you. ourmobandcancer.gov.au #ourmobandcancer

Prof Dorothy Keefe Dorothy Keefe and Prof Jacinta Elston presenting at the #WICC2024 on CA's First Nations Australian-led co-designed approach to the development of the #AustralianCancerPlan. For information, visit bit.ly/4cdrU4X

3 amazing Australian First Nations leaders, so proud of what they have given and continue to give to our nation. #WICC2024

#Prostatecancer is estimated to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia. This #MensHealthWeek, find out more about prostate cancer: bit.ly/41iwic5

We’re 3 days from the Qld election & we still haven’t heard all the details & costings for David Crusifulli’s plans & promises, inc how he & the LNP plans to deliver compulsory education for young people in detention (with a teacher shortage) & the cost. #Qldvotes #QLDelection

Slogans do not produce community safety. Slogans cause fear and division in our communities. We together can reimagine our communities and build new modes of security and safety without causing more harm and without building more cages. #qldvotes abc.net.au/listen/program…

This poll in today’s Guardian captures, I think, the true nature of Australians and also the path ahead. A truthful and still celebratory and positive path to a fuller nationhood. A reconciled country, at ease with its past, having fully dealt with its injustices, and

Queensland LNP’s ‘fresh start’ for youth detention is just a cruel repackaging of failed punitive policies. 'Beneath all of the fancy footwork and buzzwords, it’s just another punitive approach that punishes children for the failures of the state.' crikey.com.au/2024/10/23/que…

Read my latest article with Debbie Kilroy #FreeHer 'Beneath all of the fancy footwork and buzzwords, it’s just another punitive approach that punishes children for the failures of the state.' DON’t VOTE LNP crikey.com.au/2024/10/23/que…

That speech Michelle Obama just gave was one of the best of this entire cycle. She is unbelievable. Here’s how she brought it home.