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I’m incredibly honoured to be an ambassador for the Children’s Cancer Foundation

Children's Cancer Foundation / 25/05/2026

My journey to this role began at just 14 years old, when my life changed overnight and I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. What followed was a long and challenging journey through treatment, including countless needles, chemotherapy, hospital stays, and the many physical and emotional impacts that come with childhood cancer. Those experiences have […]

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Cancer therapy too harsh for kids

Children's Cancer Foundation / 28/07/2025

In May 2025, the Children’s Cancer Foundation launched a new brand campaign to raise awareness of the urgent need for better and kinder cancer treatments for children. The Foundation is grateful to Natalie and Rafael Oaten who bravely shared Raf’s childhood cancer story to raise awareness of the side effects cancer treatment has on young children.

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We don’t know if he is truly in remission or if we have bought time

Children's Cancer Foundation / 24/05/2024

When Eddy mentions to his mum that he “can’t relate to the children”, and his mum tells him he is one, he questions “am I really?” Sadly, a good part of Eddy’s childhood has been stolen.

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Taylah fought leukaemia – not once but twice

Children's Cancer Foundation / 05/06/2023

But now receives regular check-ups due to her treatment, which will have ongoing impacts for the rest of her life.

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Labor MP Jaala Pulford lost her daughter Sinead to cancer shortly after the election

Million Dollar Lunch / 01/10/2021

Three months after her shock cancer diagnosis, 13-year-old Sinead died. Her mum had just fought a state election and been made a Victorian Government minister.

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Bonnie flowers with Lancet

Children's Cancer Foundation / 14/04/2021

Mum Katrina shares Bonnie's story and how the Art Therapy program inspired the April cover of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Journal.

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