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24 Jan 13

Kick Start the New Year Showing Some Real Aussie Spirit
A new year, a new you and with Australia day just around the corner, its not just barbies and beers we should be thinking of. Its a time to celebrate what makes us a great nation, where weve come from, where we are now and what type of future were building together. We all have something to contribute so why not show support for your fellow countrymen by helping those who really need your bolster; 50,000 Aussies currently living with blood cancer.

23 Jan 13

Join the Auction 4 Leukaemia at the Tamworth Country Music Festival
12 months after shaving off his trademark beard, 8-Ball Aitken is back. And this time -- his beard is for sale. On Friday 25 January, following the 7th Annual Leukaemia Foundation Walk of Life, 8-Ball is auctioning off his beard.

15 Jan 13

Funding aids potential new therapy for CLL, lymphomas and myeloma
The Leukaemia Foundation is buoyed by recent news reports that an experimental pill, ABT-199, has "dramatically" reduced leukaemia cells in the blood within eight hours of being administered to a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in a Melbourne trial.

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