Footnotes

Membership of the Committee

[1]  The Senate Committee system was restructured on 11 September 2006 to amalgamate the former legislation and references committees. The membership of committees was varied as part of the restructure. Inquiries that were current on 11 September continued with the same terms of reference and reporting dates.

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Commonwealth of Australia, Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee, The cancer journey: informing choice, 23 June 2005.

[2]        Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.1 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[3]        The Cancer Council Western Australia, Gynaecological Cancer, http://www.cancerwa.asn.au/resources/documents/patients/0402_gynaecological_dl.pdf; Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, 2005 State of the State of Gynecologic Cancers, p.1.

[4]        Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, 2005 State of the State of Gynecologic Cancers, p.1.

[5]        Submission 5, p.6 (Mrs Lisle Fortescue); Submission 14, p.3 (GAIN).

[6]        The Cancer Council New South Wales, Signs and Symptoms, http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/editorial.asp?pageid=475; Gynaecological Cancer Society, Tubal Cancer – Fact Sheet, http://www.gcsau.org/qcgc/tubal/fact_sheet.asp#What.

[7]        Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW 2005). Health system expenditures on cancer and other neoplasms in Australia, 2000-01. AIHW cat. no. HWE 29. Canberra: AIHW (Health and Welfare Expenditure Series no.22).

[8]        Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) & Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR) 2004. Cancer in Australia 2001. AIHW cat. no. CAN 23. Canberra: AIHW (Cancer Series no.28).

[9]        Submission 3, p.1 (AIHW).

[10]      Submission 3, p.1 (AIHW).

[11]      AIHW, Cancer incidence projections Australia 2002 to 2011, p.11.

[12]      Submission 3, p.2 (AIHW).

[13]      Submission 10, p.3 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[14]      Submission 3, p.5 (AIHW).

[15]      Submission 29, p.1 (Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

Chapter 2 - A stronger voice for Gynaecological Cancers in Australia

[1]        Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.37 (GAIN).

[2]        Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.39 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[3]        Submission 24, p.7 (ASGO); Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker); Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.7 (United States National Cancer Institute).

[4]        Submission 27, p.20 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[5]        Submission 27, p.20 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Submission 28, p.2 (Western Australia Gynaecologic Cancer Service).

[6]        Submission 37, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital); Submission 25, p.7 (Hunter New England Centre for Gynaecological Cancer); Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.47 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[7]        Submission 27, pp.22-23 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Submission 24, p.7 (ASGO); Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.8 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[8]        Submission 24, p.7 (ASGO); Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.47 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.2 (Royal Hospital for Women.

[9]        Submission 24, p.7 (ASGO).

[10]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.82-83 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital).

[11]      Submission 27, p.20 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[12]      Submission 24, p.7 (ASGO); Submission 27, p.20 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.44 (GAIN).

[13]      Submission 7, p.3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[14]      Submission 27, p.24 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[15]      Submission 27, pp.24-25 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[16]      Submission 46, p.10 (Associate Professor Margaret Davy); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.37 (GAIN); Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.83 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.63 (Western Australia Gynaecologic Cancer Service); Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.7 (United States National Cancer Institute).

[17]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.83 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital).

[18]      Submission 10, p.5 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[19]      Submission 27, p.22 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[20]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.50 (ASGO); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.26 (Cancer and Palliative Care Network).

[21]      Submission 10, p.5 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[22]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.43 (GAIN), Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.50 (ASGO).

[23]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.2 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[24]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.73 (Professor J Norelle Lickiss).

[25]      Submission 7, p.3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[26]      Submission 46, p.10 (Associate Professor Margaret Davy).

[27]      Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker); Submission 24, p.8 (ASGO).

[28]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.8 (Monash Medical Centre).

[29]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.64-65 (ASGO).

[30]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.14 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[31]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.99 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[32]      Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker); Submission 27, p.22 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.26 (Cancer and Palliative Care Network).

[33]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.19 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[34]      Submission 27, p.21 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[35]      Submission 44a, p.1 (NBCC).

[36]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.63 (Western Australian Gynaecological Cancer Service).

[37]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.40 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[38]      Submission 44, p.2 (NBCC).

[39]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.7 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[40]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, pp.18-19 (Monash Medical Centre).

[41]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.19 (Royal Women's Hospital).

[42]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.49 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[43]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06 p.12 (Monash Medical Centre).

[44]      Submission 51, p.30 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[45]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, pp.85-86 (Cancer Voices Victoria).

[46]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.41 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[47]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.43 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[48]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.24 (Cancer Voices Australia); Submission 33, p.12 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[49]      Submission 44a, p.1 (NBCC).

[50]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.67-68 (NBCC).

[51]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.46 (GAIN); Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.64 (ASGO).

[52]      Submission 10, p.5 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group); Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.40 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.46 (GAIN).

[53]      Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker).

[54]      Submission 24, p.8 (ASGO); Submission 27, p. 22 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

Chapter 3 - Adequacy of Research funding for Gynaecological Cancers

[1]        Submission 7, p.1 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[2]        Submission 40, p.1 (Professor Neville Hacker).

[3]        The Cancer Council New South Wales, Cancer Trials NSW – Gynaecological, http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/editorial.asp?pageid=551.

[4]        Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.28 (NHMRC).

[5]        Committee Hansard 23.6.08, p.53 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing); Submission 52, p.13 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[6]        Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.28 (NHMRC).

[7]        Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.35, p.33 (NHMRC); Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Answers to Estimates Questions on Notice, Budget Estimates 2006-2007, 31 May – 1 June 2006, Question: E06-194.

[8]        Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Health Fact Sheet 1 - Investing in Australia’s health: Strengthening Cancer Care, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/health-budget2005-hbudget-hfact1.htm.

[9]        Submission 52, p.13 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[10]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.56, p.69 (NBCC).

[11]      NBCC, About the Program (www.ovariancancerprogram.org.au/about/).

[12]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.13 (Monash Medical Centre).

[13]      Submission 32, p.2 (Dr Robert Rome).

[14]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.14 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[15]      Submission 37, p.3 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[16]      Submission 13, p.7 (Monash Medical Centre).

[17]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.16 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[18]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.15 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[19]      Submission 56, p.11 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA, NACCHO).

[20]      Submission 56, p.11 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA, NACCHO).

[21]      The Cancer Council NSW, 2006 Research Profile, http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/editorial.asp?pageid=725.

[22]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.8 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[23]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.70 (CSL Limited).

[24]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.71 (CSL Limited).

[25]      Submission 24, p.8 (ASGO).

[26]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.43 (ANZGOG).

[27]      AOCS, Funding, http://www.aocstudy.org/org_funding.asp.

[28]      Submission 33, p.8 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[29]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.17 (RANZCOG and Mercy Hospital for Women).

[30]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.17 (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre).

[31]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.3 (GO Fund).

[32]      Submission 33, p.7 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[33]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.10 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[34]      Submission 11, p.4 (Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[35]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.13-14 (Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

[36]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.14 (Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

[37]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.16 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[38]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.39 (Gynaecological Cancer Centre).

[39]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.89-90 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital).

[40]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.3 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[41]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.73 (Dr Rebecca Strutt).

[42]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.42, p.49 (ANZGOG).

[43]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.90 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital).

[44]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.48 (ANZGOG).

[45]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.19 (NACCHO).

[46]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.47 (ANZGOG).

[47]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.71-72 (CNSA).

[48]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.46 (ANZGOG).

[49]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.9 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[50]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.43 (ANZGOG).

[51]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p9 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[52]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.2 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[53]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.17 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[54]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.48 (ANZGOG).

[55]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, pp.7-8 (Monash Medical Centre).

[56]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.16 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[57]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.72 (Professor J Norelle Lickiss).

[58]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.19-20 (Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

[59]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.9 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[60]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.9 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[61]      Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.6 (Dr Edward Trimble).

[62]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.47-48 (ANZGOG).

[63]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.48, p.55 (ANZGOG).

[64]      Submission 46, p.6 (Associate Professor Margaret Davy).

[65]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.15 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[66]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.4 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[67]      Committee Hansard 10.8.06, pp.2-3 (Dr Philip Di Saia).

[68]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, pp.9-10 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[69]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.5 (Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

[70]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.2 (Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

[71]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.8 (Monash Medical Centre).

[72]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.14 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[73]      AIHW and Australasian Association of Cancer Registries. Cancer survival in Australia. Part 1: National summary statistics. Canberra: AIHW, 2001.

[74]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.93 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[75]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.26-27 (Mrs Lisle Fortescue).

[76]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.74 (Professor J Norelle Lickiss).

[77]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.15 (The Royal Hospital for Women).

[78]      Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, 2005 State of the State of Gynecologic Cancers p.9; Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.3 (Dr Edward Trimble).

[79]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.3 (GO Fund).

[80]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.72 (Professor J Norelle Lickiss).

Chapter 4 - The adequacy of Gynaecological Cancer care

[1]        Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.4 (RANZCOG and Mercy Hospital for Women).

[2]        Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.6 (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre).

[3]        Foran, T, Perfect Pap Smears, Australian Doctor, 3 March 2006, p.35 & p.37.

[4]        MSAC Reference 12a, Assessment report, http://www.msac.gov.au.

[5]        Foran, T, Perfect Pap Smears, Australian Doctor, 3 March 2006, p.35 & p.37.

[6]        Submission 61, p.4 (Dr Alan Carless).

[7]        Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1998, Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997, AIHW Cat. No. CAN 3, Cancer Series number 8, AIHW, Canberra.

[8]        Submission 54, p.2 (South Australian Government).

[9]        Dr Marion Saville, The Health Report – Cervical Cancer Screening, ABC Radio National, 20 March 2006.

[10]      Professor Ian Hammond, The Health Report – Cervical Cancer Screening, ABC Radio National, 20 March 2006.

[11]      Submission 7, pp.4-5 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[12]      National Health Priority Action Council (NHPAC) (2006), National Service Improvement Framework for Cancer, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.

[13]      Submission 15, p.2 (Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc.).

[14]      Dietsch.E, Gibb.H, Francis. K, 'Abnormal Pap test results and the rurality factor', Australian Journal of Rural Health (2003) 11, 50–56.

[15]      Submission 57, p.3 (RCPA).

[16]      AIHW, Jurisdiction Reports, ATSI Health Performance Indictor. 2003-04, p.248.

[17]      Submission 58, p.2 (Menzies School of Health Research).

[18]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.2 (NACCHO).

[19]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.24 (Royal Women's Hospital).

[20]      Submission 58, p.2 (Menzies School of Health Research).

[21]      Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Cervical Cancer Screening Initiatives for General Practitioners – Continue funding, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/budget2006-hfact47.htm.

[22]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.6-7 (NACCHO).

[23]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.73 (CNSA).

[24]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.91 (Dr Alan Carless).

[25]      National Cervical Screening Program, Cervical Screening Essentials –Implementation of the revised NHMRC Screening to prevent cervical cancer for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities, http://www.breastscreen.info.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/cv-info-kit/$File/essentials.pdf#search=%22HPV%20DNA%20testing%22.

[26]      Submission 21, p.4 (CSL Limited).

[27]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.98 (RCPA).

[28]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.87 (Diagnostic Technology Pty Ltd).

[29]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.93 (RCPA).

[30]      Malloy, C, Sherris, J, Herdman, C, December 2000, Technical and Programmatic Issues for Cervical Cancer Prevention in Low-Resource Settings, Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention.

[31]      Submission 50, p.4 (Diagnostic Technology Pty Ltd).

[32]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.87 (Diagnostic Technology Pty Ltd).

[33]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.83 (Dr Phillip Baird).

[34]      MSAC reference 12b, Assessment report, http://www.msac.gov.au/.

[35]      Submission 22, p.2 (Dr Huw Llewellyn).

[36]      Submission 57, p.2 (RCPA).

[37]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.24 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[38]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.84 (Dr Phillip Baird).

[39]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.93 (Diagnostic Technology Pty Ltd).

[40]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.24 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[41]      Steinbrook, R, 'The Potential of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines', The New England Journal of Medicine, March 16, 2006. p.1109.

[42]      'US approval of cancer drug to save thousands', 20 May 2006, Canberra Times, p.3.

[43]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.69 (CSL Limited).

[44]      Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.3 (Dr Edward Trimble).

[45]      Submission 58, p.3 (Menzies School of Health Research).

[46]      Gynaecological Cancer Foundation, 2005 State of the State of Gynaecological Cancers, p.8; Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.3 (Dr Edward Trimble).

[47]      NBCC, Assessment of symptoms that may be Ovarian cancer: a guide for general practitioners, 2005.

[48]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06 p.2 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[49]      GO Fund, Chipping Away at Ovarian Cancer, http://www.gofund.org.au/html.

[50]      Submission 24, p.10 (ASGO).

[51]      Submission 10, p.3 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[52]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.70-71 (CNSA).

[53]      H. Zorbas, B. Barraclough, K. Rainbird, K. Luxford, S. Redman. 'Multidisciplinary care for women with early breast cancer in the Australian context: what does it mean?', Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 179:528–531.

[54]      Submission 24, p.6 (ASGO).

[55]      Submission 33, p.6 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[56]      Submission 6, p.2 (Psychosocial Support Project).

[57]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.3 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[58]      Submission 34, p.3 (Ms Tanya Smith).

[59]      Submission 7, p.5 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[60]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.11 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[61]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, pp.97-98 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[62]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.3 (Ms Sushama Sharma).

[63]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.17-18 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[64]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.4 (RANZCOG and Mercy Hospital for Women).

[65]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.5 (Monash Medical Centre).

[66]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.6 (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre).

[67]      Submission 40, Additional Information, 24.8.06 (Professor Neville Hacker).

[68]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.20 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[69]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[70]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.6 (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre).

[71]      Submissions 39, p.2 (RANZCOG & Mercy Hospital for Women); 24, p.10 (ASGO); 27, p.9 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[72]      Submission 24, p.10 (ASGO).

[73]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.90 (RCPA).

[74]      AMWAC, The Specialist Pathology Workforce In Australia, AMWAC Report 2003.5, Sydney.

[75]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.90 (RCPA).

[76]      Submission 39, p.2 (RANZCOG Mercy Hospital for Women).

[77]      Submission 57, p.2 (RCPA).

[78]      Submission 25, p.6, p.8 (Hunter New England Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[79]      Submission 7, p.5 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[80]      Submission 37, p.3 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[81]      Submission 52, p.9 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[82]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.30 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project).

[83]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.31 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project).

[84]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.35 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[85]      Submission 39, p.3 (RANZCOG and Mercy Hospital for Women).

[86]      Submission 13, p.5 (Monash Medical Centre).

[87]      Submission 7, pp.5-6 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[88]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.3 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[89]      Submissions 9, p.2 (Ms Alexa Rosengarten); 10, p.6 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[90]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.29 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[91]      Submission 16, p.4 (Country Women's Association NSW).

[92]      Submission 1, p2 (Dr Paul Howat).

[93]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.22 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[94]      Submission 1, p.2 (Dr Paul Howat).

[95]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.50 (GMCT).

[96]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[97]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.29 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[98]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.24 (Monash Medical Centre).

[99]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.32, p.34 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[100]    Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.22 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[101]    Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.22 (the Royal Women's Hospital).

[102]    Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.12 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[103]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.17 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[104]    Submission 1, p.1 (Dr Paul Howat).

[105]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.38-39 (GMCT).

[106]    Submission 11, p.6 (Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[107]    Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Better Access to Radiation Oncology – Continue Funding, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/budget2006-hfact49.htm.

[108]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.29-30 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[109]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.37 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project).

[110]    Submission 27, p.16 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[111]    Submission 43, p.4 (Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia).

[112]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.37 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project).

[113]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.72 (CNSA).

[114]    Tanne. J.H, Vaccines against cervical cancer provoke US controversy, British Medical Journal 8 April 2006, 332, p.814.

[115]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.71-72 (CNSA).

[116]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.38 (GMCT).

[117]    Senator the Hon R Crowley, Senate Hansard, 13.12.83, p.3685.

[118]    Senator the Hon R Crowley, Senate Hansard, 25.9.86, p.825.

[119]    Department of Health, PATS review, WA Department of Health, 2002, Appendix 5.

[120]    National Health Priority Action Council, National Service Improvement Framework for Cancer, 2006, p.43.

[121]    Submission 16, p.4 (Country Women's Association NSW).

[122]    Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.83 (The Cancer Council Victoria and Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group).

[123]    Submission p.23 (The Cancer Council of Western Australia).

[124]    Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.28 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[125]    Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.10 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[126]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.16 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[127]    Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.56 (Health Consumers Council Western Australia).

[128]    Submission 46, p.4 (Associate Professor Margaret Davy).

[129]    Submission 46, p.4 (Associate Professor Margaret Davy).

[130]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.16 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[131]    Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.53 (ASGO).

[132]    Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.27 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[133]    Submission 40, p.5 (Professor Neville Hacker).

[134]    Radiation Oncology Jurisdictional Implementation Group, Final Report, September 2003, p.10.

[135]    Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.26 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[136]    Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.3 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[137]    Submission 20, p.4 (CNSA).

[138]    Submission 47, p.3 (Australian Physiotherapy Association).

[139]    Submission 20, p.4 (CNSA).

[140]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.17 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[141]    Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.18 (Lymphoedema Association of Western Australia).

[142]    Submission 47, p.5 (Australian Physiotherapy Association).

[143]    Submission 13, pp.3-4 (Monash Medical Centre).

[144]    Submission 17, p.2 (The Lymphoedema Association of WA).

[145]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.78 (CNSA).

[146]    Submission 47, pp.5-6 (Australian Physiotherapy Association).

[147]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.40 (GMCT).

[148]    Submission 33, p.9 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[149]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.40 (GMCT).

[150]    Committee Hansard 1.8.06 p.76 (CNSA)

Chapter 5 - Gynaecological Cancers education for the Medical Community

[1]        Submission 51, p.26 (The Cancer Council Western Australia); Submission 44, p. 9 (NBCC).

[2]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.63 (ASGO); Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.65 (NBCC).

[3]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.63 (ASGO).

[4]        Submission 56, p.30 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[5]        Submission 44, p.9 (NBCC).

[6]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.38 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[7]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.38 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[8]        Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[9]        Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.59 (NBCC); Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.42 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[10]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.59 (NBCC).

[11]      Submission 44, pp.9-10 (NBCC).

[12]      Submission 51, p.25 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[13]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.33 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project).

[14]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.63 (Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service).

[15]      Submission 24, p.11 (ASGO); Submission 25, p.9 (Hunter New England Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[16]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.64 (NBCC).

[17]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.64 (NBCC).

[18]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.19 (National Ovarian Cancer Network – ACT and region).

[19]      Submission 24, p.11 (ASGO).

[20]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.53 (GMCT).

[21]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.7 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[22]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.21 (National Ovarian Cancer Network – ACT and region).

[23]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.65 (NBCC).

[24]      Submission 24, p.11 (ASGO).

[25]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.13 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[26]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.13 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[27]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.13 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[28]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.13 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[29]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.18 (National Ovarian Cancer Network – ACT and region).

[30]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.7 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[31]      Submission 48, p.2 (The Cancer Council Victoria).

[32]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.7 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[33]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.71 (CNSA).

[34]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.73 (CNSA).

[35]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.44 (GMCT).

[36]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.77-78 (CNSA).

[37]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.78 (CNSA).

[38]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.22 (National Ovarian Cancer Network – ACT and region).

[39]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.52 (GMCT).

[40]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.79 (CNSA).

[41]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.74 (CNSA).

[42]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.74 (CNSA).

[43]      Submission 20, p.3 (CNSA).

[44]      Submission 20, p.3 (CNSA).

[45]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.75 (CNSA).

[46]      Submission 20, p.3 (CNSA).

[47]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.28 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[48]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.77 (CNSA).

[49]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.81 (CNSA).

[50]      Submission 37, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[51]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.52 (GMCT).

[52]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, pp.76-77 (CNSA).

[53]      Submission 20, p.2 (CNSA).

[54]      Submission 20, p.3 (CNSA).

[55]      Submission 56, p.32 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[56]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.44 (GMCT).

[57]      Submission 37, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[58]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.88 (The Cancer Council Victoria and Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group).

[59]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.88 (The Cancer Council Victoria and Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group).

[60]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.44 (GMCT).

[61]      NBCC, Directory of Gynaecological Oncology Services (http://www.ovariancancerprogram.org.au/dir/gynonc.html).

[62]      Submission 37, p.4 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[63]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p. 87 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital); Submission 39, p.2 (RANZCOG and Mercy Hospital for Women).

[64]      Submission 24, p.14 (ASGO).

[65]      Submission 56, p.30 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[66]      Submission 27, p.18 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[67]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.7 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[68]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.77 (Ms Connie Nikolovski).

[69]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.72 (Professor J Norelle Lickiss).

[70]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.81 (Professor J Norelle Lickiss).

[71]      Submission 27, p.22 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[72]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.89 (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital).

[73]      Submission 56, p.35 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[74]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.63 (ASGO).

[75]      Submission 28, p.10 (Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service).

[76]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.37 (GAIN).

Chapter 6 - Gynaecological Cancers education for Women and the Community

[1]        Submission 7, p.6 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[2]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.42 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[3]        Submission 33, p.6 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[4]        Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.11 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[5]        Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.36 (GAIN).

[6]        Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.37 (GAIN).

[7]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.24 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[8]        Committee Hansard 12.9.06, p.2 (Professor Barbara Andersen).

[9]        Submission 14, p.6 (GAIN).

[10]      Submission 14, p.6 (GAIN).

[11]      Submission 14, p.6 (GAIN).

[12]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.35 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[13]      Submission 52, p.12 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[14]      Submission 44, pp.11-12 (NBCC).

[15]      Submission 44, p.11 (NBCC); Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.59 (NBCC).

[16]      Submission 44, p.12 (NBCC); Submission 52, p.13 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[17]      Submission 56, p.34 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[18]      Submission 51, p.29 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[19]      Submission 56, p.34 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[20]      Submission 24, p.12 (ASGO).

[21]      Submission 7, p.6 (Gynaecological Cancer Society); Submission 6, p.1 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project); Submission 14, p.8 (GAIN).

[22]      Submission 24, p.12 (ASGO).

[23]      Submission 6, p.1 (NSW Psychosocial Support Project).

[24]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.40 (GAIN).

[25]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.103 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[26]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.51 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).

[27]      Submission 7, Attachment 1 B (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[28]      Submission 28, p.11 (Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service).

[29]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.4 (GO Fund).

[30]      Submission 24, p.12 (ASGO).

[31]      Submission 28, p.11 (Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service).

[32]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.24 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[33]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.62 (NBCC).

[34]      Submission 28, p.11 (Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service); Submission 24, p.12 (ASGO).

[35]      Submission 10, p.7 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[36]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.55 (Senator Jeannie Ferris).

[37]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.8 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[38]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.62 (NBCC).

[39]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.62 (NBCC).

[40]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.73 (CNSA).

[41]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, p.24 (National Ovarian Cancer Network – ACT and region).

[42]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.74 (Ms Connie Nikolovski).

[43]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.64 (Hunter New England Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[44]      Submission 28, p.11 (Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service).

[45]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.83 (The Cancer Council Victoria and Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group).

[46]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.5 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[47]      Submission 14, p.8 (GAIN).

[48]      Submission 14, p.8 (GAIN).

[49]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, pp.38-39 (GAIN).

[50]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.94 (National Ovarian Cancer Network).

[51]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.63 (ASGO).

[52]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.28 (Mrs Lisle Fortescue).

[53]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.37 (GAIN).

[54]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.63 (ASGO).

[55]      Committee Hansard 16.8.06, p.4 (United States National Cancer Institute).

[56]      Committee Hansard 10.8.06, p.4 (Professor Philip Di Saia).

[57]      Submission 7, Attachment 3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[58]      Submission 7, Attachment 3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[59]      Submission 7, Attachment 3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[60]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.76 (Ms Connie Nikolovski).

[61]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.75 (CNSA).

[62]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.43 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[63]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.5 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[64]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.6 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[65]      Submission 51, p.29 (The Cancer Council Western Australia).

[66]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.62 (NBCC).

[67]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.63 (NBCC).

[68]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.8-9 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[69]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.62 (NBCC).

[70]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.63 (NBCC).

[71]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.9 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[72]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.76 (King Edward Memorial Hospital).

[73]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.89 (Cancer Voices Victoria).

[74]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.40 (GAIN).

[75]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, pp.74-75 (Ms Connie Nikolovski).

[76]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.60 (Health Consumers Council Western Australia).

[77]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.33 (Mrs Lisle Fortescue).

[78]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.43 (GAIN).

[79]      Submission 7, Attachment 3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[80]      Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.2 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[81]      Submission 27, p.26 (Ms Margaret Heffernan); Submission 10, p.6 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group); Submission 48, p.3 (The Cancer Council Victoria).

[82]      Submission 24, p.12 (ASGO).

[83]      Submission 56, p.34 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

Chapter 7 - Experience, expertise and representation of Gynaecological Cancer issues

[1]        Committee Hansard 16.8.06, pp.1-2 (United States National Cancer Institute).

[2]        Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.2 (Royal Hospital for Women).

[3]        Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.50 (ASGO).

[4]        Submission 24, p.7 (ASGO).

[5]        Submission 55, p.1 (ANZGOG).

[6]        Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.43 (ANZGOG).

[7]        Committee Hansard 1.8.06, p.43 (ANZGOG).

[8]        The Cancer Council of Australia, About Us, (http://www.cancer.org.au/content.cfm?randid=325412).

[9]        Submission 52, p.5 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[10]      Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Budget 2005-06 (www.health.gov.au/budget2005).

[11]      Dr Angela Pratt, Bills Digest – Cancer Australia Bill 2006, 1.3.06, p.2.

[12]      Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07 – Health and Ageing Portfolio, p.299.

[13]      Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07 – Health and Ageing Portfolio, p.303.

[14]      Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, Media Release (ABB124/06), 25.8.06.

[15]      Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, Media Release (ABB025/06), 7.3.06.

[16]      Submission 56, p.35 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[17]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp.3-4 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[18]      Submission 51, p.31 (The Cancer Council Western Australia); Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.26 (Cancer and Palliative Care Network).

[19]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.3 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[20]      Committee Hansard 4.8.06, p.58 (Health Consumers Council Western Australia); Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.26 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[21]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.85 (The Cancer Council Victoria and Victoria Cooperative Oncology Group).

[22]      Submission 11, p.9 (Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[23]      Submission 52, p.5 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[24]      Submission 56, p.36 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[25]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.85 (The Cancer Council Victoria and Victoria Cooperative Oncology Group).

[26]      Submission 7, p.3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[27]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, pp26-27 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[28]      Submission 10, p.11 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[29]      Submission 10, p.11 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[30]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.26 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[31]      Submission 7, p.3 (Gynaecological Cancer Society).

[32]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.3 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[33]      Submission 32, p.2 (Dr Robert Rome).

[34]      Submission 52, p.5 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[35]      Submission 44, p.12 (NBCC).

[36]      Submission 44, p.3 (NBCC).

[37]      Submission 44, p.13 (NBCC).

[38]      Submission 44, p.13 (NBCC).

[39]      NBCC, Annual Report 2004-05, p.4.

[40]      Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker).

[41]      Committee Hansard 23.6.06, pp.56-57 (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing).

[42]      AHMAC, The Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, (http://www.ahmac.gov.au/site/home.asp).

[43]      Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, National Cancer Strategies Group, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/pq-cancer-ncsg

[44]      The National Health Priority chronic conditions are cancer, diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease and stroke, and arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions.

[45]      AIHW, Cancer Committees, (http://www.aihw.gov.au/cancer/committees.cfm).

[46]      AIHW, Cancer Committees, (http://www.aihw.gov.au/cancer/committees.cfm).

[47]      Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Initiatives, (http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/pq-cancer-init).

[48]      Dr Angela Pratt, Bills Digest – Cancer Australia Bill 2006, 1.3.06, p.4.

[49]      Dr Angela Pratt, Bills Digest – Cancer Australia Bill 2006, 1.3.06, p.4.

[50]      The NCCI's projects focussed on colorectal (bowel) cancer, lung cancer, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer and familial cancers.

[51]      Submission 44, p.10 (NBCC).

[52]      Submission 44, p.12 (NBCC).

[53]      Committee Hansard 2.8.06, p.14 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[54]      Submission 56, p.35 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[55]      Submission 28, p.12 (Western Australia Gynaecologic Cancer Service); Submission 10, p.11 (Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group).

[56]      Submission 11, p.9 (Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer).

[57]      Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker).

[58]      Submission 56, p.35 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[59]      Submission 56, p.35 (The Cancer Council Australia, COSA and NACCHO).

[60]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.36 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[61]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.2 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[62]      Committee Hansard 3.8.06, p.5 (Monash Medical Centre).

[63]      Submission 40, p.6 (Professor Neville Hacker); Submission 24, p.3 (ASGO); Submission 27, p.20 (Ms Margaret Heffernan).