Stay updated with breaking news from Phil goodyer. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Goulburn's Saint Saviour's Cathedral hosts bellringing event | Goulburn Post goulburnpost.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goulburnpost.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chris McKeen/Stuff Andrew Speir, who has stage 4 bowel cancer, says deleting a ‘single sentence’ in legislation – prohibiting privately funded medicines being administered in the public system – would be a game-changer for those struggling with the financial costs of treating their disease. Every fortnight, Andrew Speir pays $1775 to have chemotherapy drugs pumped into his veins for half an hour – medication he has already crowdfunded tens of thousands of dollars to receive. It’s something the National Party hopes to see change, proposing an amendment to the law to allow New Zealanders to have unfunded chemotherapy drugs administered at local health boards, rather than “expensive” private clinics. ....