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==Advocacy== [[File:Insight Panel.png|thumb|right| Andrew (second from left) on ''SBS Insight'', 2018]] Andrew has publicly called for more biomedical funding and said that having ME was like "A Slow Death”.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/what-its-like-living-with-chronic-fatigue/9046886 | title = 'A slow death': what it’s like living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome {{!}} Triple J | last = Medhora | first = Shalailah | author-link = | date = 2017-10-13 | website = ABC Australia|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2021-10-25}}</ref> He regards [[graded exercise therapy]] and [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] for ME/CFS as "just garbage"<ref name="Insight2018">{{Cite web | url = https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/1334946883764 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome {{!}} Insight | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 2018-10-15 | website = SBS|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2021-10-25}}</ref> and harmful to patients."<ref name="MEAustralia2018">{{Cite web | url = https://meaustralia.net/2018/10/15/insight-on-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-andrews-experience/ | title = Insight on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Andrew's experience | website = [[ME Australia]] | date = 2018-10-15}}</ref> In 2017, Andrew gave evidence to the Inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia in a private capacity.<ref name="SlaveryRep" /> In 2021, Andrew was acknowledged for his work on migrant worker rights in the book ''Far From Home'' by Rosie Ayliffe.{{Citation needed | date = 2021|reason=Exact quote and page(s) needed; remove refs if only a passing mentions}} Andrew also actively participated on behalf of 88 Days and Counting into the ''variation of the Horticultural Award'' 2020.<ref name="hort">{{Cite web | title = Horticulture Award 2020 | last = Fair Work Commission | url =https://www.fwc.gov.au/awards-and-agreements/awards/award-modernisation/variation-applications/AM2020/104 | date = 2020}}</ref>
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