Governor-General opens Parkinson's Australia National Conference

In Brisbane, the Governor-General opened the National Conference of Parkinson's Australia at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Ms Bryce spoke about her personal experience with Parkinson's disease, and congratulated Parkinson's Australia for its endeavours to inform Autralians about the nature of the disease and research results.

Parkinson's disease is Australia's second most common neurological disease after dementia.