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advocacy
Cancer Council SA plays an important role in advocating for law changes and program funding to reduce the rate and impact of cancer for South Australians. We work across cancer prevention, research and support using evidence-based data and demonstrating the meaningful impacts our programs have on the South Australian community. By engaging with governments, other public health organisations and our mobilising the community, Cancer Council SA works to make change for all South Australians.
Our advocacy team work to promote changes to public policies that build healthy settings and enable people to thrive by making the healthy options, the standard options.
We seek to ensure that voices of our diverse communities are represented to reflect the needs and experiences of all South Australians impacted by cancer and to increase equity, so everyone has access to the best possible cancer treatment and support, no matter where they live.
Key advocacy achievements
We are proud to have made an impact in key areas through our advocacy work. Cancer Council SA has advocated to strengthen laws to reduce the impact of smoking and vaping on the South Australian community and was proud to endorse the recent range of additional smoke-free regulations introduced in South Australia. Our advocacy also led to the funding of the Tackling Tobacco program to address smoking rates in priority populations across the State.
Our key work led to the removal of commercial solariums in South Australia and we joined calls for the ban of engineered stone products to protect South Australian workers.
For many years we have also been at the forefront of improving the Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS) and continue our work to highlight ways the PATS can better support regional and remote South Australians forced to travel for cancer treatment.
Advocacy submissions
Cancer Council SA actively engages in advocacy and policy work to improve cancer outcomes for all South Australians. We make submissions to both state and local government, addressing issues related to cancer prevention, research, and support. These submissions are evidence-based and aim to influence policy and legislative changes that benefit our community.