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Fraser Barton

MP with incurable brain disease to quit politics

MP Darren Zanow (centre) was diagnosed with a brain disease the day he was sworn into parliament. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

On the same day he was sworn in, new Queensland MP Darren Zanow was diagnosed with an incurable brain disease.

Just three months after the devastating news, Mr Zanow announced the condition had cut short his political career "and likely my life".

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