Daffodil Day
Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (10:03): I also want to acknowledge that today is Daffodil Day, remembering those who have cancer. I have a father with cancer and I lost a favourite uncle, who was mayor of Knox three times, Cr Tom Blazé. A grandmother was diagnosed as having died from cancer, although we could never really confirm that, and I have a niece of 15 with cancer as well. There are many people and many friends that we have and have had that have passed away or are struggling with cancer. I think cancer touches every Victorian. In fact if we look at the stats, which I have here, it actually touches one in two Victorians. One in two Victorians will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 75, with one Victorian being diagnosed every 15 minutes. It is frightening, it is sobering and I just want to reach out to all those who have cancer and tell them that we are thinking of them today.