$2.3 Million Boost: Australians With Cancer to Gain Easier Access to Specialist Nursing Support

‘This is a celebration—a celebration of life, but also of hope—that when things are tough, life can still be good and continue,’ said Glenn McGrath.

Australia's former cricketer Glenn McGrath (L) receives a pink cap from India's captain Jasprit Bumrah (C) on Jane McGrath Day, which honours the former Australian fast bowler's late wife, on day three of the fifth Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Jan. 5, 2025. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

The Australian federal government has committed $2.3 million to the McGrath Foundation to expand a tool that connects patients with expert cancer care nurses.

Health Minister Mark Butler announced the funding on Jan. 5 just a few hundred metres from the Sydney Cricket Ground, where sports fans transformed the stands into a sea of pink to raise money for the foundation at one of the nation’s most prominent cancer events.