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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Blake Foden

Call for 'serious systemic change' as 'one of a kind' woman honoured

Janine Haskins sits on the memorial bench unveiled on Saturday in honour of her daughter Bronte, inset. Pictures by Elesa Kurtz, supplied

Canberrans have been urged to demand "serious systemic change" to prevent more young lives being lost to mental health and addiction issues, as a memorial was unveiled to honour a "one of a kind" woman.

Bronte Haskins, 23, died by suicide in February 2020 after what a coroner recently described as a series of "lost opportunities" to get the "deeply troubled" woman the help she desperately needed.

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