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When you’re watching sport on a weekend whether at a professional, amateur or even school level you’ll always hear the crowd gasp if a player takes a blow to the head.

We know it’s not good for the brain, especially a child’s, but do we really understand the extent of the damage it can cause?

In early September a senate committee recommended a national strategy to reduce concussion in sport.

In this episode we speak to former AFL player Shaun Smith who has probable CTE, a brain disorder likely caused by repeated knocks, and neuroscientist Dr Fatima Nasrallah about how we could make sport much safer. Subscribe: https://ab.co/NewsDaily

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