Australasian Association of Cancer Registries

The Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR) consists of the eight Australian state and territory cancer registries, the New Zealand Cancer registry and the National Cancer Statistics Clearing House at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The Health Registers and Cancer Monitoring Unit at the AIHW provides the Secretariat for the AACR Executive. Cancer registration is an important and fundamental tool in cancer monitoring. Australian states and territories are required by legislation to maintain a cancer registry of new cases of malignant cancer. In order to co-ordinate cancer statistics on a national basis, the National Cancer Statistics Clearing House (NCSCH) was established in 1986 at the AIHW and is supervised by the AACR.

The AACR Executive Committee comprises an AIHW representative and five representatives of State or Territory cancer registries elected by the AACR at its annual general meeting. The Executive committee includes at least two Directors of cancer registries; one Director is the Committee Chair. The role of the AACR Executive Committee in relation to the NCSCH is to provide advice to the AIHW on the direction of the NCSCH work program, development of publication topics and strategies, and to provide on-going technical advice in the operation of the NCSCH. The AACR Executive Committee meets 3 or 4 times per year, usually by teleconference, where a progress report is presented by the AIHW. The AACR Executive Committee is also responsible for reporting the progress of the NCSCH to AACR members. This is done through e-mail consultation during the year, distribution of minutes of the Executive committee to all Registries, and annual reporting at the annual general meeting.

Membership and contact details

Members of the AACR are the following:

New South Wales Central Cancer Registry
Cancer Institute NSW
PO Box 41
Alexandria NSW 1435

Phone: +61 2  8374 5747
Fax: +61 2 8374 5744
E-mail: 

Home page: http://www.cancerinstitute.org.au

Operations manager: Narelle Grayson
E-mail:

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Victorian Cancer Registry
The Cancer Council Victoria
1 Rathdowne Street
Carlton South VIC 3053

Phone: +61 3 9635 5000
Fax: +61 3 9635 5210
Home page: www.cancervic.org.au

Director: Professor Graham Giles
Director Cancer Epidemiology Centre,
Deputy Director Cancer Control Research Institute
1 Rathdowne Street
Carlton South VIC 3053

E-mail:
Phone: +61 3 9635 5155

Director Information Systems:
Ms Helen Farrugia
E-mail:
Phone: +61 3 9635 5318

Information Manager:
Mrs Vicky Thursfield
E-mail:
Phone: +61 3 9635 5162

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Queensland Cancer Registry
The Cancer Council Queensland
Locked Bag 1450
Spring Hill Post Office QLD 4004

Phone: +61 7 3258 2331
Fax: +61 7 3258 2345
Home page: www.cancerqld.org.au

Director: Dr Joanne Aitken
The Cancer Council Queensland
553 Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley
Locked Bag 1450
Spring Hill Post Office QLD 4004

E-mail:
Phone: +61 7 3258 2300

Registrar: Mrs Kerrie Dennison
E-mail:
Phone: +61 7 3258 2333
Fax: +61 7 3258 2345

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Western Australian Cancer Registry
Information Collection and Management
Department of Health (WA)
1^st floor C Block, 189 Royal Street
East Perth WA 6004

Phone: +61 8 9222 4022/4249
Fax: +61 8 9222 4236
Home page: www.health.wa.gov.au/wacr/
E-mail:

Director & Registrar: Dr Tim Threlfall
E-mail:

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South Australian Cancer Registry
Epidemiology Branch
Department of Health
PO Box 6
Rundle Mall SA 5000

Phone: +61 8 8226 6158
Fax: +61 8 8226 6672
Home page: www.health.sa.gov.au/pehs/branches/branch-cancer-registry

Director: Dr Ron Somers
E-mail:
Phone: +61 8 8226 6361

Registrar: Ms Elaine Morton
E-mail:
Phone: +61 8 8226 0787

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Tasmanian Cancer Registry
Menzies Research Institute
Private Bag 23
Hobart TAS 7001

Phone: +61 3 6226 7706
Fax: +61 3 6226 7704
Home page: www.menzies.utas.edu.au

Director: Dr Alison Venn
E-mail:
Phone: +61 3 6226 7706

Registrar: Ms Marita Dalton
E-mail:
Phone: +61 3 6226 7757

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Northern Territory Cancer Registry
Health Gains Planning Branch
4th Floor, AANT Building
Department of Health and Community Services
PO Box 40596
Casuarina NT 0810

Phone: +61 8 8985 8078
Fax: +61 8 8985 8075

Epidemiologist & Acting Cancer Registrar: Ms Karen Dempsey
E-mail:
Phone: +61 8 89858081
Fax: +61 8 89858075

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Australian Capital Territory Cancer Registry
Population Health Research Centre
ACT Health
Level 1, Building 5
The Canberra Hospital
PO Box 11
Woden ACT 2606
E-mail:

Director: Ms Linda Halliday
Phone: +61 2 6207 4036
Fax: +61 2 6244 4138

Epidemiologist: Ms Janet Li
Phone: +61 2 6207 4026

Data Manager: Ms Rosalind Sexton
Phone: +61 2 6207 4032

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New Zealand Cancer Registry
Clinical Coding Services
New Zealand Health Information Service
Level 6, WestpacTrust House
119-125 Willis Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington NEW ZEALAND

Phone: +64 4 922 1800
Fax: +64 4 922 1897

Team Leader: Ms Susan Hanna
E-mail:
Phone: +64 4 922 1885

Chief Analyst: Mr Jim Fraser
E-mail:
Phone: +64 4 922 1862

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National Cancer Statistics Clearing House
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
GPO Box 570
Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: +61 2 6244 1000
Fax: +61 2 6244 1299
E-mail: 
Home page: www.aihw.gov.au/cancer/ncsch/

Unit Head: Ms Chris Sturrock
Phone: +61 2 6244 1140

Contact Officer: Dr Mark Short
Phone: +61 2 6244 1063

Australasian Association of Cancer Registries
Secretariat
C/- Health Registers and Cancer Monitoring Unit
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
GPO Box 570
Canberra ACT 2601

E-mail:
Web page: www.aihw.gov.au/cancer/aacr
Phone: +61 2 6244 1000
Fax: +61 2 6244 1299

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Confidentiality

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 as amended in 1989 obliges the Institute to enforce any conditions attached to the supply of data to the Institute by State and Territory registries. As Commonwealth officers, the release of information by Institute staff is also controlled by the Privacy Act 1988, Public Service Regulations and the Commonwealth Crimes Act.