With many Australians soaking up the sun over the summer holidays, this is a tragic reminder about the dangers of skin cancer.

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Synopsis | Sunburnt Country (2005)
If you've been out soaking up the sun this summer, this story could be a life saver - especially if you thought only oldies got skin cancer. Three of the people you're about to hear from really believed that. They were young, they were invincible. Then they got the terrible news. One of them was just 16 when he was diagnosed with skin cancer. It seems the slip, slop, slap message just isn't getting through. More young Australians are at risk, more Australians are literally dying to get the perfect tan. But the good news is, you don't have to be one of them.

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