A Queensland man meets with a senior State Government advisor to push for a ban on sunbeds after a ruling that existing solariums can continue to operate.
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Qld campaigner pushes to ban sunbeds
Posted April 14, 2013
Calls for ban on sunbeds in Queensland
Posted April 14, 2013
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Push for a Ban in QLD, Australia
Posted April 14, 2013
Published on Apr 2, 2013
Anti-sunbed campaigners have met with government officials to push for a state-wide ban on the machines.
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Calls for ban on sunbeds in Queensland
Posted April 14, 2013
The pressure is mounting on the Queensland Government to join other states and ban solariums completely. Commercial sunbeds will be banned in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia from the end of 2014. In Queensland, it's already illegal to buy new sunbeds for a salon and no new licences w…
Melanie Goanta wanted a tan for her wedding but now faces the fight of her life to beat cancer
Posted December 15, 2012
MELANIE Goanta is happily married but struggles to look at photos of her wedding, one of the happiest days of her life.
The 37-year-old mother of three boys, the youngest just seven, spent weeks leading up to her wedding using a solarium to look tanned for her big day.
Six years after her 2001…
Victoria Bans Solariums!! Effective 2014!
Posted December 15, 2012
The Victorian government will ban solariums from the end of 2014 but says there needs to be a national approach that could include bans on imports.
The Victorian government wants a national strategy on solariums, including banning their importation and manufacture, after joining NSW and South…
Solarium user welcomes Vic ban
Posted December 15, 2012
Jay Allen was a regular user of tanning beds until he was diagnosed with stage three melanoma.
The 37-year-old said he wanted to look good at the gym and thought solariums were an easy way to get a tan.
But he had no idea of the risks.
In 2008, he was told a mole on his left ankle was cancerous…
QUEENSLAND is set to ban sunbed use.
Posted December 15, 2012
Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said he had major concerns about solariums and was moving towards "a full ban".
"Details will be coming within months," the minister said.
NSW and South Australia have both announced sunbed bans to take effect by 2015.
Former Premier Anna Bligh said she wou…
Victoria is on the verge on banning solariums and the private sale of sunbeds.
Posted November 20, 2012
Victoria is on the verge on banning solariums and the private sale of sunbeds.
MPs from the Victorian state government and opposition have backed a motion introduced by the Greens in the Senate on Wednesday night.
However, Health Minister David Davis has refused to confirm the ban despite expressi…
Ban on Solariums in Tasmania!!
Posted November 20, 2012
We need your help! Want to help ban solariums in Tasmania.
Read the message below from The Tasmanian Greens.
This is great news & another step forward in our campaign.
Hi there,
Read the message below from The Tasmanian Greens.
This is great news & another step forward in our campaign.
Hi there,
The Tasmanian Greens today tabled a motion in the Tasmanian Parliament calling on the Minister for Health to implement a ban…
Melanoma Institute Australia on the 6pm NBN news November 3, 2012
Posted November 5, 2012
MELANOMA DAY ON THE CENTRAL COAST – ‘COVER UP’
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November 3, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Melanoma is one of Australia’s most common types of cancer, and while th…
Melanoma awareness on the Central Coast of NSW
Posted November 5, 2012
1 NOV 12 @ 08:49AM BY DENICE BARNES
Jay Allen and Sara Cuneo of the Melanoma Foundation with Jenny and Elly Thulborn. WAIDE MAGUIRE
NOT that long ago, melanoma was a death sentence with few, if any, treatment options available.
Today thanks to research and medical b…
Solariums and Skin Cancer
Posted November 5, 2012
One by one, the states of this nation are falling into line. South Australia is the next cab off the rank. Before it, was New South Wales. Queensland looks set to follow and the pressure is on Victoria to do what its close neighbours have done.
From 2014 in New South Wales and 2015 in South Austral…
My mate Herman Herlaar fighting stage 4 melanoma.
Posted October 28, 2012
Are you fighting melanoma, need support or just want to be inspired?
Click on my mate Herman Herlaars inspiring blog & see how he is fighting stage 4 melanoma.
Lets connect around the world & help each other!
http://www.hermanherlaar.com/86931153
SA to ban tanning beds from 2015
Posted October 28, 2012
A STATE Government ban on solariums will reduce the number of potentially deadly melanomas diagnosed in South Australia, the Cancer Council says.
Health Minister John Hill yesterday announced commercial sun beds would be banned from 2015 because of mounting evidence about their negative health impa…
Breaking news!! Sunbeds to be banned in South Australia from 2015!
Posted October 25, 2012
SUN BEDS will be banned in South Australia from 2015, Health Minister John Hill has announced today.
Mr Hill said the Government had become increasingly concerned about the health impacts of solariums.
The ban follows similar regulations being introduced in New South Wales from the end of 2014.
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AN international study which adds to growing evidence surrounding the cancer-causing risks of indoor tanning has prompted calls to tax the industry and increase health warnings to consumers.
Posted October 3, 2012
AN international study which adds to growing evidence surrounding the cancer-causing risks of indoor tanning has prompted calls to tax the industry and increase health warnings to consumers.
The research comes as NSW pushes ahead with legislation to ban tanning s…
THE Cancer Council and more than 150 health professionals have written to the state government calling for solariums to be banned.
Posted September 14, 2012
THE Cancer Council and more than 150 health professionals have written to the state government calling for solariums to be banned.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the death of melanoma sufferer and anti-solarium campaigner Clare Oliver and the lobbyists are calling for the industry's dismantli…
New push to ban solariums in Victoria
Posted September 9, 2012
There have been fresh calls to ban Solariums in Victoria as we approach the fifth anniversary of the passing of skin cancer victim Clare Oliver.
Clare was just 26 when she lost her battle with cancer in September 2007.
Leading up to her death she tirelessly campaigned to make certain Australians k…
NSW Government funding support helps start Australia’s largest Melanoma Genome Project
Posted August 24, 2012
24th August 2012
The NSW Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, Jillian Skinner today launched the Australian Melanoma Genome Project, an ambitious and important two-year national research program that aims to identify the common gene mutations that lead to melanoma.
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