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Bendigo Health's Aboriginal mental health clinician calls for more funding as program helps heal wounds

Going fishing, having a chat, or walking in the bush.

These are things Palawa man Matthew Crook does regularly as part of his work as an Aboriginal mental health clinician with Bendigo Health.

While these tasks sound idyllic, Mr Crook sees people at their worst and tries to give them strategies to help them connect to country, the right health services, and then the community. 

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