An Australian politician gave a powerful speech on Wednesday after learning that her cancer had returned, and it’s truly personal and moving.
“A week after being sworn in as a member for Dunkley I received the unexpected news that my cancer had returned,” Peta Murphy, Labor Member for Dunkley, told the Australian House of Representatives.
“You might say Murphy’s Law strikes again,” she added. “But my mother Jan — who is a Murphy by marriage not birth and therefore able to adopt a less pessimistic personal motto — would say ‘everything happens for a reason.'”
New Member for Dunkley @petajan tackled the very personal topic of cancer in her first speech, after learning that her own cancer has returned. She took the opportunity to provide some frank health advice to Australianspic.twitter.com/hMWjBNh0ZX
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