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MP delivers emotional speech after cancer diagnosis

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Days after she was sworn in as a member of Federal Parliament for the first time, Peta Murphy got the kind of news that rocks families and upends careers.

One of 19,000 women expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, the new Labor member for the south-east suburban Melbourne seat of Dunkley knew the feeling all too well.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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