Terri Butler (Griffith, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last week I lost a friend to leukaemia. The Secretary of the Australian Services Union, Ms Kath Nelson, lost her battle with leukaemia at the age of 43. I want to give my condolences to her partner, Brett, and her son, Spencer. I also want to talk about the important work of the Leukaemia Foundation. Another friend of mine was diagnosed with leukaemia 10 years ago and he was fortunate to have had a successful bone marrow transplant. I am very grateful that he still around today. For those personal reasons it is clear to me that the Leukaemia Foundation is of great significance. I am pleased to have supported the Shave for a Cure event conducted on the Saturday just gone. The event was arranged by a young woman by the name of Tamarah Yarrow at Common Ground in Brisbane, where I was able to shave her head in the name of fundraising for the Leukaemia Foundation. I am pleased to have supported the Leukaemia Foundation and I am pleased to have supported that event in particular as the young woman concerned is someone who is very keen on finding a career in event management. Tamarah and a lot of the people present had been touched by leukaemia in their lives. I encourage everyone to log onto the Leukaemia Foundation website, if they have not yet donated to Shave for a Cure, and click on the donation button on the website and make a donation.