WA senator and Federal Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has told Steve Mills that the government’s latest announcement in medical funding means a lot personally to her. 

Senator Cash said that her sister, Joanna Christina Cash, passed away in 2015, aged 33, due to a rare form of cancer, Alveolar Soft Part Sarcomas.

A purpose-built cancer treatment facility will be coming to Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre Campus in Perth after the Federal Government approved funding to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

The WA senator told Steve Mills on Millsy at Midday that the project means a lot to her personally, but it will also be an essential service for the WA public.

“The loss never goes away, but each day I look at my little sister’s photo, I wear her around my neck in a locket, and I just remember her positivity, her love for life,” she said.

“This will transform the way those with cancer in WA and their families fight the disease.”

The funding will cover half of the $750m costs of construction and is proposed to be completed by 2026.

Press PLAY to hear the senator on her connection with cancer treatment and how important the new centre will be for WA families.