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Shedding light: shearer awarded for mental health work

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Carol Mudford was working in shearing sheds, putting in 10-hour days and loving the rough and tumble of rural work.

While shearing sheep and working as a wool handler in western NSW during a break from nursing, Ms Mudford began to notice a tough-as-nails "she'll be right" attitude prevailing among her colleagues.

Ms Mudford returned to the health sector to work as a nurse for a rural suicide prevent...


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