Disease a hidden killer
I write to ask readers to help the Liver Foundation with a critical cause and a vital fundraising mission.
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Put simply, liver cancer is already the fastest growing cause of cancer death in Australia.
At least 1400 Australians now die of liver cancer every year. It is expected that by the year 2030 the number of people with liver disease in Australia will be at least eight million.
Liver disease is slipping right under the radar. It is set to become and epidemic in Australia.
Alarmingly, a third of those diagnosed with liver cancer are sadly dead within just one month of their diagnosis. Right now – as people read this – six million Australians are affected by liver disease.
Liver disease in the main can be preventable and if detected early, it can be treated effectively.
Later this year, renowned Australian transplant liver surgeon Luc Delriviere is heading to Antarctica to visit places that haven’t been visited before.
An international team of experts will be behind him. He is a legend in medical circles. His expedition will raise much needed funds for the Liver Foundation.
We hope businesses across Australia, individuals and others will get behind Luc’s powerful fundraising mission. To find out how you can donate to the Liver Foundation, just go to www.liver.org.au.
Liver disease is not detected on routine tests. A healthy lifestyle combined with a sensible diet, exercise and minimal use of alcohol and no smoking all help a liver’s health.
Ben Richardson, Liver Foundation chairman
Show no mercy to killer
Prime Minister Morrison, something needs to be done with our nation’s justice system. I was disturbed to hear that one of Anita Cobby's killers Michael Murphy is being hospitalised because he is dying from cancer and getting first-class treatment.
In 1987, the Murphy brothers, Michael Murdoch and John Raymond Travers were all sentenced to life imprisonment for her brutal and evil murder. And on their files, they were marked never to be released.
I think that these evil monsters who committed that heinous crime should stay behind bars and never be released, not even when they're ill and dying of any disease, no matter how deadly their disease is.
The death penalty in Australia needs to be reintroduced. These filthy pieces of scum should cop it sweet for what they did.
I'm a strong believer in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and I don't reckon any Australian citizen will rest until something is done about our justice system.
Peter Smith, Wagga
A history of exclusion
Why should anyone be surprised that religious schools can discriminate against gay students.
Despite their churches paying no taxes and the schools themselves receiving billions of dollars from the public purse, they have a long history of excluding all types of students.
These have included those with disabilities, students with a lack of academic or sporting prowess, those whose parents' bank accounts aren't as "robust" as others and those from different cultural backgrounds or with learning difficulties.
What this should signal to parents is that if you want your child educated in an inclusive environment, one that values difference and diversity, one that promotes acceptance and tolerance and genuinely reflects the world in which we live, then your local public school is the best option.
Once more, it's free.
Granted, you won't be buying “connections”, but more importantly your child will be learning the value and reward of hard work and achievement in life based on merit.