Helen Haines (Indi, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to honour the life and legacy of Dr Lucie Shanahan. Lucie was a widely respected Indi healthcare executive, academic and public health leader, whose contribution to the wellbeing of communities across Albury-Wodonga and our wider region was both substantial and enduring. Across her distinguished career at Albury Wodonga Health, Dr Shanahan held several senior positions, including Executive Director of Public Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing and as Chief Allied Health Officer. In every role she brought integrity, clarity of purpose and a deep commitment to equitable access to high-quality care.

I had the great privilege of working with Dr Shanahan around the huge challenges we face locally to address eating disorders. I saw firsthand her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, where, at a time of profound uncertainty, she provided measured judgements, strategic foresight and genuine compassion. Dr Shanahan wrote her doctoral thesis on adolescence and brain injury, reflecting her lifelong concern for vulnerable adolescents and their families. Her legacy endures in the public health strategies she shaped, the mental health services she strengthened and the allied health leadership she championed. To her partner, Mark; her mother, Ann; her brothers Matt and Tim; and all who mourn her passing, I offer my sincere and heartfelt condolences. Vale, Dr Lucy Shanahan.