Dr Romaine Rutnam is a retired public servant of 30 years, who worked briefly for the Illawarra Area Health Service and the Victorian Health Commission before ending her paid work as a senior Australian Government public health and disability policy analyst from 1989 to 2001.
You can find examples of Romaine's writing here.
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