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Throat Cancer & HPV

Throat Cancer & HPV Booklet

Brilliant new booklet for patients, families and friends with key information abou this cancer which is increasingly common and little understood. This booklet is in Plain English and adapted to the needs of patients after in-depth consultation with affected patients prior to publication. It’s currently on-line with plans to publish in paper form. It is […]

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VCCC Head and Neck Cancer Symposium 2021 – Intimacy and Sexual Health

The VCCC Alliance is a powerful partnership between 10 leading research, academic and clinical institutions working together in Victoria to expedite and amplify leading-edge cancer research, knowledge and expertise to improve outcomes for people affected by cancer. Julie was a presenter at the VCCC Head and Neck Cancer Symposium 2021 – Intimacy and Sexual Health, held on Tuesday

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Lynn Thorne

Let’s Recognise the Gap in Accessing Radiation Therapy this National Reconciliation Week

Targeting Cancer, May 2022 We are delighted to launch a video during the National Reconciliation Week 2022 (27 May – 3 June). This video presents our Targeting Cancer Campaign Ambassador Julie McCrossin AM in conversation with Lynn Thorne, an Aboriginal Cancer Health Practitioner in Adelaide to help you understand the issues and inequality in accessing

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Life Matters

Life Matters Turns 30!

This week Life Matters on ABC Radio National is celebrating their 30th Birthday. The program is celebrating by asking former presenters to share memorable moments from their time on the show. This is Julie’s birthday message to celebrate her time on-air from 2000 to 2005, initially co-hosting with Geraldine Doogue for three years and then

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Julie McCrossin in her SCEGGS days

An Open Letter to the SCEGGS Darlinghurst Community – Speaking Out Against the Religious Discrimination Bill!

Who we are We are a group of SCEGGS Alumni who are opposed to the Religious Discrimination Bill that is currently being discussed in the Australian Parliament. We believe it is important for community members to speak out against this divisive and discriminatory Bill. We are proud to be graduates of a school that welcomes

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A Wound In My Heart

The recent publicity about a Queensland school’s enrolment contract sent to parents reopened a deep personal wound in my heart. As reported in the media, the school asked parents to sign a statement that states “homosexual acts” are immoral, listing them along with bestiality, incest and paedophilia as “offensive to God”. As I write, I

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Juliue and Bruno

Fearless Conversations: Do cancer survivors get enough care

The quality of care provided to care to cancer survivors will be the burning issue at the first of Flinders University’s Fearless Conversations, which returns for 2022. Lynn Cameron, The Advertiser, 1 February 2022 Julie McCrossin has survived cancer – but her struggles didn’t end when the treatment stopped. After beating stage four oropharyngeal cancer

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