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Hi @Blossom1961 thanks for your comment, I work in the Policy & Advocacy team at BCNA and have been leading this work to improve metastatic breast cancer data over the last 18 months. I hope you may have seen the announcement by the Prime Minister over the weekend who attended one of BCNA's Pink Sports Day events in Frankston, Victoria, and announced $1.5 million funding for this work. The funding will be to establish an 'Australian Cancer Data Alliance' so that the states/territories can work together to further the roadmap that we launched. Some of the funding may also go to specific state/territory cancer registries to improve their capacity.
You can read our media release here: https://www.bcna.org.au/media-releases/bcna-leads-first-national-roadmap/
And some further media about the announcement: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/anthony-albanese-pledges-15m-to-improve-metastatic-cancer-data-collection-in-tribute-to-peta-murphy/news-story/c1185a15398a1a7cb5e79fc357f72d22
We're very grateful to the federal government for this commitment but we know it is just the first step towards comprehensive cancer data collection and reporting. We'll continue to advocate and to hold all stakeholders to account as we watch this work progress. It was also a very fitting tribute to the late Peta Murphy MP who was a champion for this work.
Any other questions please let me know!
You can read our media release here: https://www.bcna.org.au/media-releases/bcna-leads-first-national-roadmap/
And some further media about the announcement: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/anthony-albanese-pledges-15m-to-improve-metastatic-cancer-data-collection-in-tribute-to-peta-murphy/news-story/c1185a15398a1a7cb5e79fc357f72d22
We're very grateful to the federal government for this commitment but we know it is just the first step towards comprehensive cancer data collection and reporting. We'll continue to advocate and to hold all stakeholders to account as we watch this work progress. It was also a very fitting tribute to the late Peta Murphy MP who was a champion for this work.
Any other questions please let me know!