Annual Reports

2010–11

Cancer Australia is pleased to present our 2010-11 Annual Report.

The primary purpose of Cancer Australia's Annual Report is to provide Members of Parliament, Cancer Australia’s partners and stakeholders in cancer control, and the Australian community with a detailed description of Cancer Australia’s functions, approach, and activities during 2010-11 against the performance targets presented in the 2010–11 Portfolio Budget Statement. It summarises our achievements over the past year and meets our legislative and parliamentary reporting requirements.

Cancer Australia was established as a statutory authority in 2006, to help reduce the impact of cancer on all Australians.

Cancer Australia has provided leadership in cancer control to deliver better outcomes for people affected by cancer. We have done this using Australian Government funds, invested in our programs and our organisation, to manage programs under the Australian Government’s National Cancer Plan, and added value in significant ways to the work of Australia’s cancer control community. Our most significant achievements in the reporting period are highlighted in Part 1 of the report.

Our Vision

Cancer Australia's vision is to reduce the impact of cancer and improve the well-being of those diagnosed with cancer in Australia.

Our Role

Our role is to achieve better cancer outcomes through national leadership, and to ensure that the spectrum of cancer care services throughout Australia is, where possible, based on scientific evidence and focused on the consumer.