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September 19th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda THE upper house Liberal MP Catherine Cusack has revealed she has been diagnosed with depression and will take leave from Parliament for an unspecified time to seek treatment.
”I am advised that I need to focus solely on my recovery and will therefore be unavailable for a period,” she said in a statement.
”My husband and I are immensely grateful to close friends who have kindly assisted us at this time.”
Ms Cusack, who is a member of several parliamentary committees, was the Coalition’s spokeswoman on environment issues while in opposition but controversially missed out on a cabinet position after the election.
Yesterday the Premier, Barry O’Farrell, offered his support. ”Catherine is a strong representative and I wish her a speedy recovery,” he said.
“On behalf of the parliamentary Liberal Party, I offer Catherine our best wishes and look forward to her return.”
Mr O’Farrell, who requested that Ms Cusack’s privacy be respected, did not indicate when she might return to the Parliament.
The leader of the opposition in the upper house, Luke Foley, said Ms Cusack was ”a very well respected member of the Parliament”.
Her absence will not alter the voting numbers in the upper house because Mr Foley said Labor would grant her a pair, whereby an opposition MP would not vote, to compensate ”for as long as she needs”.
Last month the federal Liberal MP Andrew Robb launched a book, Black Dog Daze: Public Life, Private Demons, about his battle with depression. In 2009 he took three months leave for treatment.
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