National Talkblack 010920

We had:

Professor Helen Milroy from the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Aboriginal Health discussing how The National Mental Health Commission (NMHC) today announced #GettingThroughThisTogether – a national conversation to support the mental health and wellbeing of Australians as the uncertainty around COVID-19 continues.

Len Curran, North Queensland Regional Manager at the Office of Fair Trading talking about how the Queensland Office to Fair Trading is trying to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers protect themselves against scammers with advice on what to watch out for, the main scams targeting Indigenous consumers, and what to do if you have been scammed.

Geoff Nyssen, Myeloma Patient discussing how clinical trials give blood cancer patients help. Snowdome Foundation is urging Aussies to donate to blood cancer research to buy more time for blood cancer patients. Have something happening in your community, and you want to talk about it, give us a call on 1800 422 416. Or Give us a text on 0457 140 550!

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