Author: Dr Lydia Pitcher

In the spirit of the NAIDOC Week, we are very pleased to celebrate the outcome of the 2024 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program. Congratulations to this year’s four recipients, who come from diverse backgrounds professionally, academically and geographically throughout Australia who have already achieved so much before embarking on their Medical studies and careers.

This week we complete the series where we have profiled the achievements and aspirations of the 2023 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves recipients in the lead up to the 2023 Referendum on the Voice to Parliament. We introduce you to Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a subspeciality fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology (IFEPAG).

We continue to profile the achievements and aspirations of the 2023 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves recipients in the lead up to the 2023 Referendum on the Voice to Parliament. In our earlier posts, we shared the stories of Ms Megan Shuttleworth and Ms Natalie Gordon, and this week we would like to introduce you to another of this year’s bursary recipients, Dr Julia-Rose Satre.

We are profiling the achievements and aspirations of the 2023 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves recipients in the lead up to the 2023 Referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Last week we shared Ms Natalie Gordon’s story, and this week we would like to introduce you to another of this year’s bursary recipients, Ms Megan Shuttleworth.

The Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Program was established as part of our commitment to the reconciliation and the Makarrata Commission, to encourage and empower female medical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates and students as they further their medical career and/or leadership aspirations. This week, we would like to introduce you to one this year’s bursary recipients, Ms Natalie Gordon.