1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: Here the dupluicy Ellen. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 2: Our Green Party co leader Madama Davidson has today announced 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 2: she's got breast cancer. She says the cancer was detected 4 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 2: early earlier, but she is going to need a partial 5 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 2: mistake to me and then she's going to need to 6 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 2: take some time off work. She also sees she's kept 7 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: up with her testing religiously ever since attending a breast 8 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 2: cancer fundraising breakfast a couple of years back. 9 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 3: And was actually there at the breakfast table that other 10 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 3: survivors really impressed upon me that I was late to 11 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 3: have my mammogram, and I want to thank them because 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 3: I got into the breast screening program because of their insistence. 13 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: She also says she wants cancer screenings to be more 14 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 2: widely available. 15 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 3: All of our health programs and our screening programs do 16 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 3: not are not effective in every community the way that 17 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 3: they need to be. 18 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: Arleen Rainer is chief executive of the Breast Cancer Foundation. 19 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: Hi Aleen, Hi, how are you doing well? Thank you? 20 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: Were you at that breakfast a couple of years ago? 21 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: I was at that breakfast a couple of years ago. 22 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: Were you part of that conversation? 23 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: I wasn't at Madamore's table but Matima was there, she 24 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: had a photo taken about screening. So at that stage 25 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: we were campaigning for the screening age to be raised 26 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: to seventy four and to clear the backlog of COVID 27 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: screening since the COVID backlog. 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: Is she right to say that not everyone can access 29 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: testing services easily? 30 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: That's correct. We take it for granted in major metropolitan 31 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: areas that screening is readily accessible. If you're regionally or 32 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: located at hard to reach places. Breastcreen art Hedoa provided 33 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: mobile units that service screening. But if you miss those 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: times in terms of screening times where those mobile units 35 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: are available in their community, what that means is you'll 36 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: have to travel. And so for some people that could 37 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: be a three hour trip there and it could be 38 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: a three hour trip back. So it is not equitable 39 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: in terms of access, and we know that, which is 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: why they're into place to look at what we can 41 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: do to support. 42 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: Do you expect that there will be an uptick in 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: women who get their boobs checked as a result. 44 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: I sincerely hopeful of that because Madama has been exceptionally 45 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: courageous talking about her diagnosis. Anyone that brings attention to 46 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: breast cancer and the early detection and mammogram screening is 47 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: so important because early detection is what makes the chances 48 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: of surviving breast cancer so much higher. 49 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, Arleen, thank you so much. I really appreciate Hi. Mate. 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: That's Arleen Rayner, Breast Cancer Foundation, Chief Executive. For more from. 51 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to news talks. It'd 52 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.