Dear Marise,

I have fond memories of working with you twenty years ago when we planned the regional AIDS Conference. You represented the then Howard government on our organizing committee, and were very supportive, even though neither you nor Malcolm Fraser could persuade Howard to come to the closing ceremony, held in the shadow of September 11.

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