On Wednesday 3 July, Parliamentary Friends of Diabetes Co-Chairs Graham Perrett MP and Rowan Ramsey MP hosted the launch of Diabetes Australia’s upcoming National Diabetes Week campaign; ‘Unite in the Fight for Tech’. 

Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler MP; and Chair of the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, Dr Mike Freelander MP, at the launch of our new campaign ‘Unite in the fight for tech’. 

On the same night that recommendations from the Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes were released, both Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler MP; and Chair of the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, Dr Mike Freelander MP, spoke powerfully at the event about the need to drive action to arrest the diabetes epidemic in Australia and improve the lives of people living with diabetes. 

Improving access to diabetes technology is critical to this. And the message at the event was simple; Australians living with all types of diabetes should have equitable access to the technology they need to live well. 

On the back of the recommendations from the Parliamentary Inquiry, it’s time to act decisively, including in the area of equitable access to diabetes technology.