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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
John Hanscombe

'Together we've done this': Inspiring power of science and hope

By rights, he should be dead. But joint Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer is very much alive.

"It's pretty amazing I'm still able to function relatively normally and now past 14 months, which is the average survival for the incurable or supposedly incurable brain cancer that I have," the pathologist says via phone from Tasmania.

Our 2024 Australians of the Year, Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer. Picture by Salty Dingo/National Australia Day Council
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