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Community leader lands major First Nations health role

Goondir Health CEO Floyd Leedie, Sheryl Lawton and Western Qld Primary Health Network's Maleeta Richards at a South West First Nations Health Equity Committee meeting in Charleville. (Supplied)

South west Indigenous leader Sheryl Lawton has been appointed to chair the region's peak First Nations health committee. Ms Lawton […]

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