See you at the Suncorp SunWise Shade Bar

Join us as the Suncorp SunWise Shade Bar makes its way from Coolangatta-to-Cairns on our summer tour throughout Queensland. The Shade Bar will offer a spot of shade, sunscreen and SunWise tips to Queenslanders enjoying our summer playgrounds as the UV levels soar.

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SunWise Tips

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You only need to be outside for 6 minutes before you do permanent damage to your skin in summer.
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Press Release
As fashionistas crop their locks to create a fresh look for spring, leading corporate skin cancer awareness campaigner Suncorp wants Queensland hair salons to promote SunWise styles.
SunWise hair dos the new thing for spring
Press Release
League legend and Suncorp SunWise Ambassador Shane Webcke was in Townsville this morning to present a lucky group of local clubs with enough free sunscreen to last the next 12 months.
Townsville Clubs encouraged to slop on hundreds of litres of free sunscreen
Press Release
League legend and Suncorp SunWise Ambassador Shane Webcke was in Maroochydore this morning to present a lucky group of local clubs with enough free sunscreen to last the next 12 months.
Sunshine Coast Clubs encouraged to slop on hundreds of litres of sunscreen
Press Release
West Australian sporting clubs and community groups have flooded a community shade scheme set up to fight the rising incidence of skin cancer in the West.
West Aussies flood community scheme to fight skin cancer
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Experts are warning Brisbane families that winter sun can be deadly with new research showing one in two people don't slop on sunscreen when the mercury drops
Webcke takes winter skin cancer message to sporting front line
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Cricketing great Adam Gilchrist is pulling on a new type of hat - a broad-brimmed one in place of his old baggy green - to go into bat to help protect West Australians from the deadly effects of skin cancer.
Gilly goes into bat to protect West Australians from Skin Cancer
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Australia's fifth largest bank and second largest general insurer, Suncorp, is joining forces with Western Australia's world-class melanoma reserach centre to spearhead a new campaign to combat the skin cancer epidemic gripping the State.
Suncorp and WAIMR join forces to spearhead new sun protection campaign in WA
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The flip flop of a pair of thongs is the sound of an Australian summer but experts are warning the shores can leave feet exposed to the sun's harmful rays.
Warning: Thongs can lead to indecent exposure
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Mackay residents are heeding the sun safe message with hundreds of litres of free sunscreen being pumped out at some of the city's most popular aquatic facilities.
Mackay residents slop on hundreds of litres of free sunscreen
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As tens of thousands of sun worshippers prepare to make the annual Boxing Day pilgrimage to the Sunshine and Gold Coasts, skin cancer awareness campaingers are warning about one in seven are likely to burn.
Queensland men urged to slap sunscreen on their Aussie pride