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May 2026: Government Response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes


‘Significant step forward’: Diabetes health and research leaders welcome government response to landmark inquiry

The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS and its divisions NADC and DFA), Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA), Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS), and the Australian and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED) have welcomed the Australian Government’s response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes. The government has supported nine of the 23 recommendations in principle, including initiatives to improve equitable access to diabetes care, strengthen the diabetes health workforce, enhance public awareness, expand access to medicines and improve data and research coordination.

Download the joint media release by the ADS, ADEA, ADIPS and ANZSPED (Posted: 14 May 2026)PDF