House rules

Cancer Council Australia works with its members the eight state and territory cancer organisations to:

• Undertake and fund cancer research
• Prevent and control cancer
• Provide information and support for people affected by cancer

We have created these spaces as part of an online community where you can interact with other people affected by, or interested in cancer research, treatment and support.

Through our online platforms, our aim is to assist communities with information about cancer, as well as engage with your stories and thoughts about cancer. We also hope to contribute to our online supporter base for our organisation’s research, advocacy and fundraising.

You are welcome to leave comments, add photos and videos, and share your voice with the community.

In order to ensure that the information on this page is correct, legal and constructive, we do monitor the page and remove posts that are deemed inappropriate, illegal, derogatory towards any person or group, contain inaccurate or misleading health advice or are overtly promotional.

We ask members of the community to follow a few simple rules to help ensure the conversation is open, lively and considerate of others:

• We reserve the right to address factual errors by removing posts containing inaccurate, misleading or potentially dangerous health advice.
• If you disagree with other opinions, do so respectfully.
• We will remove spam, advertisements or endorsements of any commercial interest.
• Our page is not an advocacy platform for political causes or off-topic agendas, regardless of if it is supported by Cancer Council, or not.
• While we support your right to express an opinion, posts repeated on a regular basis about the same topic will be regarded as spam and removed.
• For our users’ safety and privacy, we will remove any posts that contain personal contact details or private information such as private addresses or phone numbers. All posts are public, so do not post anything you aren’t happy for everyone to see.
• We will remove posts or links to information that are abusive, offensive, illegal, profane, or defamatory towards a person, entity, belief or symbol. We will also report any such instances to the relevant social media outlet.
• We will not tolerate stalking, trolling or deliberate disruption of discussion.
• We will reply to comments at our discretion.
• Any person who breaks Cancer Council’s house rules 3 or more times will be blocked, at our discretion. Once blocked, you will be unable to view or comment on any future content.

We will regularly review these sites and check any content posted or uploaded, and will remove content we deem inappropriate or that breaks one of our house rules. Please understand that comments posted by fans do not represent the opinions of Cancer Council.

Information on this site should not be used in place of medical advice, nor should the comments of other users. Cancer Council recommends that if you have any concern about your health, that you always see your doctor or a qualified health professional.

Cancer Council has a free and confidential information and support service on 13 11 20, where you can speak to one of our specially trained health professionals. They are there to listen and can connect you to practical and emotional support.