News and updates

The McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer is proud to convene an Inaugural Award program – in recognition of excellence and significant contribution to tobacco control in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. The winner of this award will be recognised at the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference on the Gold Coast, Australia on 24 October 2024.

The Inaugural Legal Symposium on Food and Nutrition Policy in Asia, held in Bali, Indonesia in May 2024, brought together lawyers and advocates from across Asia to tackle legal challenges in developing, promoting and defending food and nutrition policies.

Tackling climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face – and as the impacts of a shifting global climate become apparent, so too do the trickle-down health effects.

The McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer welcomes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’ recommendation for strengthened human rights framework in Australia.

This World No Tobacco Day, we owe it to young people to continue to think big in the fight against industry interference.

Our work to have Australian cancer carers formally acknowledged has been recognised in a Federal Parliament inquiry, with our recommendations included in the report’s findings.

Penny Qin is our latest intern through the Melbourne Law School Public Interest Law Initiative Internship Program, which allows law students to apply their knowledge practically, while making important contributions to our work for subject credit.

Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) made important advances this week to fight tobacco, the world’s leading single preventable cause of death. The tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO FCTC featured a packed agenda, and the COP adopted a number of important decisions.

Despite opposition from industry groups at home and internationally, Ireland will soon be the first country to warn drinkers of the links between cancer and any alcohol consumption on the drinks label. How did Ireland beat the odds to introduce these labels? Clare Slattery takes a closer look in this piece for World Cancer Research Fund.

This World Cancer Day, we’re joining the call to address the cancer care gap, and allow everyone access to safe, affordable cancer treatment and care.

It's been another big year for the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer. Last year we celebrated our tenth anniversary, and in 2023 we celebrate ten years as the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges.

If there was ever a time that we needed to focus on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), it’s now.

Although tobacco still kills eight million people each year, the world has seen significant progress on tobacco control in the past few decades.