Former MPâs terminal cancer battle revealed
He has dedicated his life to standing up for his community. Now as MP Duncan Pegg battles terminal cancer it is the community rallying around him.
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by Frances Whiting
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They're praying for Duncan Pegg.
They're lighting candles at Our Lady of Fatima, they're burning incense sticks at the Chung Tian Temple, they're bowing their heads at the Gurdwara Sahib, and they're kneeling on prayer mats at the Kuraby Mosque.
All across the Brisbane electorate of Stretton - from Runcorn and Calamvale to Sunnybank Hills and Eight Mile Plains - Catholics and Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus are gathering in their churches, temples and homes to pray for Pegg, 40, the local Labor member who recently announced his resignation for health reasons.