The primary purpose of the Annual Report is to provide Members of Parliament and Senators with a detailed description of Cancer Australia’s activities during 2006-07 against the performance targets presented in the 2006-07 Portfolio Budget Statement.
Cancer Australia was established as a statutory authority in 2006, to help reduce the impact of cancer on all Australians.
In our first year, we have made substantial progress in consulting with cancer control stakeholders across the country, implementing various programs, and identifying priorities for improving cancer control and outcomes for people affected by cancer. Our most significant achievements in 2006–07 are highlighted in Section 1.
Our vision
To reduce the impact of cancer on all Australians.
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.
About this report
This report has been written to inform the Australian Government, Cancer Australia’s partners and stakeholders in cancer control, and the Australian community of our functions, approach, and current and planned activities. It summarises our achievements over the past year and meets our legislative and parliamentary reporting requirements.
Our annual report is presented in the following sections to help you locate the information most relevant to your needs:
Section 1—Highlights and achievements
Section 2—Reports from the Chief Executive Officer and the Advisory Council Chairman
Section 3—The impact of cancer in Australia
Section 4—About Cancer Australia
Section 5—Our programs and priorities
Section 6—Management and accountability
Section 7—Appendixes
Section 8 – References
Section 9 - Financial statements
Highlights of 2006-2007
· creating the Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme with community cancer organisations that fund research, to better coordinate research funding in Australia, encourage research collaborations and improve consumer involvement in research, adding an extra $5M in 2007 to the available research funds;
· building capacity of Australia’s national Cooperative Cancer Clinical Trials Groups by supporting existing groups, opening applications to establish new groups where there is a need, and developing shared national infrastructure to support cancer clinical trials;
· establishing the National Centre for Gynaecological Cancers in consultation with key stakeholders, including the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (formerly the National Breast Cancer Centre), to improve awareness and outcomes for women affected by gynaecological cancers;
· establishing the Cancer Service Networks National Demonstration Program (CanNET) – a partnership with governments in all states and the Northern Territory to improve access to best-practice treatment and support for people with cancer, wherever they live;
· involving consumers in all our advisory and reference groups, and forming a National Consumer Advisory Group, to ensure consumer interests are paramount in program development and planning;
· consulting widely with stakeholders through establishing National Advisory Groups in key program areas (research, gynaecological cancers, professional development and quality, and consumer engagement);
· developing specific initiatives to better engage primary care as a vital part of the cancer control team;
· partnering with the Cancer Councils to support development of quality and sustainable support options for people affected by cancer; and
· collaborating with governments, service providers, consumers and cancer data organisations to develop a National Cancer Data Strategy to address the gaps and issues with the collection and use of cancer data, so we can better evaluate and improve cancer outcomes. Download Cancer Australia's annual report
The 2006-07 Annual Report can be viewed in Portable Document Format (PDF). Please contact us enquiries@canceraustralia.gov.au if you require the Annual Report in another format. 2006-07 Annual Report
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Section 1—Highlights and achievements
Section 1 provides an overview of our activities highlighting the broad strategic directions and priorities and noting key issues and achievements in our first year of operation. It provides a high level overview of our performance against set targets outlined in the 2006/2007 Cancer Australia Portfolio Budget Statement.
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Section 2—Reports from the Chief Executive Officer and the Advisory Council Chair
This section includes a review of the activities of Cancer Australia during our first year, from the perspective of Chief Executive Officer, Professor David Currow, and the Chair of Cancer Australia’s Advisory Council, Dr Bill Glasson. This section also outlines the role and function of the Advisory Council, and includes a list of inaugural Council members.
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Section 3—The impact of cancer in Australia
This section provides an overview of how cancer affects the Australian community. It provides a snapshot of current estimates of cancer risks and outcomes. It also highlights disparities that exist in outcomes in Australia by country of birth, socioeconomic status, and rurality and remoteness of residence.
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Section 4—About Cancer Australia
This section provides information on Cancer Australia’s vision, mission and role, and our approach to managing our work and engaging our stakeholders in that work. It includes an overview of national cancer control initiatives over the past decade, and explains Cancer Australia’s place in the national cancer control community.
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Section 5—Our programs and priorities
This section provides the context for our work program, and discusses the achievements and continuing work of each of our teams.
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Section 6—Management and accountability
This section discusses our arrangements for corporate governance, people management, financial management, external liaison and scrutiny, internal audit arrangements.
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Section 7—Appendixes
The appendixes include membership lists for all of our national advisory and reference groups, our audited financial statements and a range of other information relating to advertising and market research, the Commonwealth Disability Strategy, consultancy services, discretionary grant programs, ecologically sustainable development, Freedom of Information, and occupational health and safety.
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Section 8 - References
This section includes a glossary of terms, compliance index, alphabetical index, and references cited throught the report.
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Section 9 - Financial statements
This section contains our audited financial statements.
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If you have any queries about this report or suggestions about how we could improve it, please contact:
Cancer Australia
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Lyneham ACT 2602
GPO Box 1201
Dickson ACT 2602
Email: enquiries@canceraustralia.gov.au
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