Is this Australia’s turning point for concussion in sport? | Full Story podcast
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A Senate inquiry is examining the link between repeated concussions and other head injuries from contact sports including AFL, rugby league and rugby union and a neurodegenerative disease called CTE. Inequality reporter Stephanie Convery speaks with Jane Lee about the life of former semiprofessional rugby player Terry Strong, who suffered from severe CTE in his later years and died in 2021
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