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Culturally safe clinic By Dongyun Kwon
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Eastern Health opened a new First Nations cancer clinic at Healesville Hospital on 9 May, aiming at delivering free, culturally safe oncology services to the region’s large Aboriginal population. Providing medical oncology services, the clinic is staffed with oncologists specially trained in treating the most common types of cancer for First Nations Australians such as lung, prostate, breast, and bowel cancers. Eastern Health cancer services director adjunct clinical professor Phillip Parente said the Aboriginal community chose Healesville to have a new First Nations cancer clinic for themselves. “It was pretty clear to me that the Aboriginal community did not want to go to other Eastern Health hospitals in Box Hill or Maroondah, they wanted to be at Healesville because it’s a culturally safe space for them at Healesville and that’s not replicated at other sites as much,” he said. Turn to page 15 for more
Pleas unheeded The death of an endangered Greater Glider in the Yarra Ranges National Park at the site of tree removal has prompted further calls from environmental groups to better protect native species during fire-reduction works. Found early in the morning of Wednesday 15 May, the greater glider is believed to have been living in a large tree that was felled by
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Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) for bushfire mitigation works, which can include cutting down trees that present a risk to firefighter safety. Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) spokesperson Blake Nisbet said this was endangered wildlife culling. “We specifically told the government that Greater Gliders were nesting in this tree. In-
stead of stepping in, they chose to knowingly kill endangered wildlife,” he said “This is disgraceful, and has to stop. Even when notified of the presence of a federally listed threatened wildlife, the information was ignored – with deadly consequences.” WOTCH and the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) had each expressed concerns that the removal of hollow-bearing trees
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