“I’m still inspired”: Tributes for Clare Oliver 10 years on

Source: 3AW 693 News Talk, September 2017

Neil Mitchell and Dr Grant McArthur have paid tribute to anti-solarium campaigner Clare Oliver, 10 years on from her untimely death.

Clare was 26 when she died, after suffering from an aggressive melanoma linked to frequent solarium use.

She led a campaign to regulate the solarium industry in the weeks before she died.

“We need to remember Clare Oliver, remember why she was fighting and what she was fighting for,” Neil said.

In 2008 tougher regulations for solarium owners were passed and in 2015 commercial solariums were banned in Victoria.