MAYOR’S ACTIONS TO BE APPLAUDED

ALMOST 17,000 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this year. The fact Tom Tate is one of them may just save someone’s life.

The Mayor’s decision to step into the public spotlight at a time when he would likely rather retreat from the world is to be applauded.

One can only imagine how finding out he has bowel cancer has rattled his family and our thoughts are with him, wife Ruth and their loved ones as he prepares for urgent surgery.

That said, our thoughts are also with the thousands of people who will read our story today and take heed of his wise words to treat their own health as a priority. EDITORIAL P22