http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/paul-grogan/ Paul Grogan is Director, Advocacy, at Cancer Council Australia. Working with Cancer Council Australia’s CEO and expert committees, Paul’s role involves developing and promoting independent, evidence-based public policy aimed at reducing the impact of cancer in Australia en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youll-be-boweled-over-by-this-cheap-budget-lifesaver/ If most of us ran our household budgets like governments run health budgets, we’d be on the streets. The lack of apparent logic in health funding will be highlighted today by a joint statement from independent MPs Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie, calling on the federal government to expand its National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in the 2012-13 budget. For the three Independents to make this united plea says two things: they are concerned for the health of the nation and for people in their electorates; and the argument for an urgent expansion of the NBCSP is compelling. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Paul Grogan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youll-be-boweled-over-by-this-cheap-budget-lifesaver/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youll-be-boweled-over-by-this-cheap-budget-lifesaver/#item7989 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:45:50 +0000 Paul Grogan | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-dont-make-stuff-up-alcohol-is-a-proven-killer/ When Cancer Council Australia published its recent estimate of the number of cancer cases in Australia linked to alcohol consumption, we didn’t expect the message to be popular. But we have a responsibility to provide independent, evidence-based information about cancer risk, enabling Australians to make informed choices. Many people may not want to know that something as popular as alcohol consumption increases their cancer risk – but that’s what the evidence says. And we believe everyone has a right to know about that evidence, whether it’s a “good news” story or not. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Paul Grogan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-dont-make-stuff-up-alcohol-is-a-proven-killer/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-dont-make-stuff-up-alcohol-is-a-proven-killer/#item5862 Tue, 17 May 2011 19:40:21 +0000 Paul Grogan | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-few-plain-facts-amid-the-smoke-and-mirrors/ Plain packaging of tobacco products has great potential to reduce the appeal of smoking, particularly among young people, and should be supported if Australians want to see death and disease from tobacco use continue to decline. Simple, really. But unfortunately the facts have been difficult to read amid the smoke and mirrors, sound and fury. So consider this: Fact: Glossy, stylised cigarette packets are a valuable marketing tool for attracting new smokers. This has been shown in Cancer Council research and dozens of other Australian and international studies, not to mention documents obtained from tobacco companies. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Paul Grogan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-few-plain-facts-amid-the-smoke-and-mirrors/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/A-few-plain-facts-amid-the-smoke-and-mirrors/#item5658 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:35:18 +0000 Paul Grogan | Author bios | The Punch