Natasha Griggs (Solomon, Country Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to advise the House about an ovarian cancer fundraiser that was held last Friday, the Ovarian Cancer Cockteal Party, which was organised by Ali Burton from radio station Mix 104.9, who is the Northern Territory ambassador for ovarian cancer. There were 150 or so women and a few men who attended the function, which was about raising awareness and money for this very important cause.

One of the highlights of the evening was hearing from Charlene Ericson, an ovarian cancer survivor who has written a book entitled Battle scars in which she outlines her journey through her ovarian cancer disease and the treatments and things that she had. It was very brave of Charlene to talk about what she had gone through, but we are really pleased that she is still here to tell the story. My gratitude goes to Ali—who, as I said, is the ambassador—but also to Mix 104.9, a local radio station that did enormous work in providing sponsorship and getting people to go along. It is organisations like that that get the message out about ovarian cancer, and it is a very important message.

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