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6 Apr 2025
Surrey Downs Primary School shows us SunSmart in action

Last month, we visited Surrey Downs Primary School and Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) service – a proud SunSmart school for over 17 years! Our Chief Executive Kerry Rowlands was joined by Minister for Education, Training and Skills Blair Boyer MP, to celebrate the success of the SunSmart Schools and Early Childhood Program which protects more than 129,000 South Australian children.

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Two adults and two kids posing with a yellow seagull mascot wearing a hat in a park. Two adults and two kids posing with a yellow seagull mascot wearing a hat in a park.
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Soft Drink Vs Diet Soft Drink Soft Drink Vs Diet Soft Drink
4 Mar 2025
Are ‘diet’ drinks healthier?

Sugary drinks are very low in nutritional value. We know that regularly drinking them can cause tooth decay in the short-term and health problems like gestational and type 2 diabetes, kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, heart disease and obesity-related cancers in the long-term.

Press release
Doubling the impact for South Australian cancer research Doubling the impact for South Australian cancer research
12 Feb 2025
Doubling the impact for South Australian cancer research

South Australians are urged to give this Cancer Research Giving Day, Tuesday 18 February, with every donation doubled for groundbreaking research happening right here in South Australia.

Press release
South Aussie men still not getting the SunSmart message South Aussie men still not getting the SunSmart message
4 Feb 2025
South Aussie men still not getting the SunSmart message

New ABS data funded by Cancer Council shows that men are still less likely to use sun protection than women, with around three in four South Aussie men not applying adequate sunscreen last summer.

Press release
The Bernies join sea of Marilyns in memory of their friend The Bernies join sea of Marilyns in memory of their friend
29 Jan 2025
The Bernies join sea of Marilyns in memory of their friend

A group of friends from Jamestown took part in their first Marilyn Jetty Swim together last year, in honour of their friend Bernie who was living with incurable pancreatic cancer.

Press release
Marilyn Jetty Swim founder Sarah Tinney Marilyn Jetty Swim founder Sarah Tinney
29 Jan 2025
Marilyn Jetty Swim founder Sarah Tinney honoured with Medal of the Order of Australia

Sarah established the Marilyn Jetty Swim in 2014 in memory of her mum, Esther who passed away from uterine cancer in 2006.

Press release
Judith’s Legacy Walk for Ovarian Cancer Judith’s Legacy Walk for Ovarian Cancer
20 Dec 2024
Judith’s Legacy Walk for Ovarian Cancer

After Dean lost his wife and love of his life Judith to ovarian cancer in March 2017, he has been determined to do something about it and has made raising funds and awareness for other women impacted by ovarian cancer his passion for the rest of his time.

Press release
Tanning Tanning
18 Dec 2024
South Aussies’ damaging attitudes towards suntanning, 10 years on from solarium ban

Solariums (also known as sunbeds) are machines that emit intense and damaging levels of UV radiation – up to six times as strong as the midday summer sun.

Blog
Two adults and two kids posing with a yellow seagull mascot wearing a hat in a park. Two adults and two kids posing with a yellow seagull mascot wearing a hat in a park.
6 Apr 2025
Surrey Downs Primary School shows us SunSmart in action

Last month, we visited Surrey Downs Primary School and Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) service – a proud SunSmart school for over 17 years! Our Chief Executive Kerry Rowlands was joined by Minister for Education, Training and Skills Blair Boyer MP, to celebrate the success of the SunSmart Schools and Early Childhood Program which protects more than 129,000 South Australian children.

Blog
Soft Drink Vs Diet Soft Drink Soft Drink Vs Diet Soft Drink
4 Mar 2025
Are ‘diet’ drinks healthier?

Sugary drinks are very low in nutritional value. We know that regularly drinking them can cause tooth decay in the short-term and health problems like gestational and type 2 diabetes, kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, heart disease and obesity-related cancers in the long-term.

Press release
Doubling the impact for South Australian cancer research Doubling the impact for South Australian cancer research
12 Feb 2025
Doubling the impact for South Australian cancer research

South Australians are urged to give this Cancer Research Giving Day, Tuesday 18 February, with every donation doubled for groundbreaking research happening right here in South Australia.

Press release
South Aussie men still not getting the SunSmart message South Aussie men still not getting the SunSmart message
4 Feb 2025
South Aussie men still not getting the SunSmart message

New ABS data funded by Cancer Council shows that men are still less likely to use sun protection than women, with around three in four South Aussie men not applying adequate sunscreen last summer.

Press release
The Bernies join sea of Marilyns in memory of their friend The Bernies join sea of Marilyns in memory of their friend
29 Jan 2025
The Bernies join sea of Marilyns in memory of their friend

A group of friends from Jamestown took part in their first Marilyn Jetty Swim together last year, in honour of their friend Bernie who was living with incurable pancreatic cancer.

Press release
Marilyn Jetty Swim founder Sarah Tinney Marilyn Jetty Swim founder Sarah Tinney
29 Jan 2025
Marilyn Jetty Swim founder Sarah Tinney honoured with Medal of the Order of Australia

Sarah established the Marilyn Jetty Swim in 2014 in memory of her mum, Esther who passed away from uterine cancer in 2006.

Press release
Judith’s Legacy Walk for Ovarian Cancer Judith’s Legacy Walk for Ovarian Cancer
20 Dec 2024
Judith’s Legacy Walk for Ovarian Cancer

After Dean lost his wife and love of his life Judith to ovarian cancer in March 2017, he has been determined to do something about it and has made raising funds and awareness for other women impacted by ovarian cancer his passion for the rest of his time.

Press release
Tanning Tanning
18 Dec 2024
South Aussies’ damaging attitudes towards suntanning, 10 years on from solarium ban

Solariums (also known as sunbeds) are machines that emit intense and damaging levels of UV radiation – up to six times as strong as the midday summer sun.