2020 media releases

Alarming new research shows aerosol sunscreens are putting Aussies at risk of sunburn.

With the first weekend in summer approaching, Cancer Council and SunSmart are reminding Victorians there’s no such thing as a safe tan with data showing adults are still tanning.

To mark the start of National Skin Cancer Action Week (15–21 November) Victorian adults and parents of young children are being encouraged to brush up their sun protection habits as new data shows one in four 25–44 year olds are getting sunburnt on summer weekends.

After months spent indoors during lockdown, Victorian educators flocked to online learning platform Generation SunSmart in record numbers to upskill in sun protection and be ready for rising UV levels as children return to school and early childhood services.

New research shows Victorians don't understand the UV Index and mistakenly believe temperature and sunshine are the best predictors of the need for sun protection.

Victorians are being reminded to protect themselves and their families this long weekend as data shows children and teenagers accounted for more than half the number of emergency hospital presentations for sunburn last summer.