Tim Read dies aged 64 after cancer diagnosis
Greens MP Tim Read has died aged 64 after revealing a metastatic cancer diagnosis in January and abandoning reelection plans.
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“‘The most fundamentally decent of people’: Transparency campaigner and Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64”
Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64 after cancer diagnosis
Key points
- Tim Read, Victorian Greens MP for Brunswick, dies at 64 after metastatic cancer.
- He announced retirement in January due to a cancer diagnosis with limited treatment options.
- Read was elected in 2018, ending Labor's 100-year hold on Brunswick.
- He advocated for climate, anti-incarceration reforms, bike safety, and health initiatives.
- Final recommendations included integrity reforms, public diaries for ministers, and IBAC enhancements.
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Greens MP Tim Read has died aged 64 after revealing a metastatic cancer diagnosis in January and abandoning reelection plans.