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Beau and his dog in a backyard, Beau is looking off camera and smiling

Since receiving his new lungs, Beau’s life has changed for the better, or as he would say, he’s “definitely not complaining.”

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Metallica and Australian Red Cross Lifeblood unite to put blood donation centre stage

Legendary rock band Metallica is turning up the volume on blood donation, joining forces with Lifeblood during its upcoming Australian tour to celebrate the lifesaving power of blood and plasma donors.

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More than milk: how donating helped me heal

I’m Meaghan, a South Australian mum and so far I’ve donated around 124 litres of breast milk through Lifeblood.

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More people in Australia can now save lives by giving plasma, a powerful type of blood donation. This includes gay and bisexual men, more transgender people, those taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and many others.