Boost for children with Type 1 diabetes welcomed
09-Feb-2010
Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has welcomed a decision by Federal Health Minister the Hon Nicola Roxon MP to increase the accessibility of insulin pumps for children with Type 1 diabetes.
The Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Pump Program has been extended so that children under 18 may now receive a means tested subsidy of up to 80% of the cost of the insulin ...
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Government Cuts to Eye Surgery to be Debated in Senate Estimates
02-Jun-2009
'The Rudd Government’s decision to cut funding for eye surgery operations will be debated in Senate Estimates tomorrow,' Liberal Senator Guy Barnett said today.
'The Rudd Government’s 50% cut to the Medicare rebate for cataract procedures will cause immense disappointment for elderly Australians and especially those with diabetes.''The ...
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Insulin Pump Subsidy Sheme Fails Young Diabetics
10-May-2009
“The Rudd Labor Government's insulin pump subsidy program for Australian children with type 1 diabetes has been proved a ‘dud’ and its urgent overhaul should be a priority in the Federal Budget,” said Liberal Senator Guy Barnett.
“The Government needs to get serious about its commitment to children with type 1 diabetes, Labor made big promises but ...
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Insulin Pump Subsidy Program Flawed - Joint Statement with The Hon Judi Moylan MP
26-Feb-2009
The Rudd Labor Government's insulin pump subsidy program for Australian children with type 1 diabetes is fundamentally flawed and needs an urgent overhaul, according to Liberal Senator Guy Barnett and Hon. Judi Moylan MP, President of the Parliamentary Diabetes Support Group (PDSG).
"The Government needs to get serious about its commitment to ...
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Petition for Improved Diabetes Services in North West
18-Jul-2008
Senator Guy Barnett and Khalia McLaren today launched a petition in Devonport calling called for an endocrinologist (diabetes specialist) to be appointed in the North West of Tasmania.“The North West needs and deserves a diabetes specialist based in the region.” Senator Barnett said. “There is no diabetes specialist here to service the area. I have ...
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Kokoda Commemorative Dinner
04-Jun-2008
Senator Guy Barnett with the Parliamentary Diabetes Support Group will be hosting a special commemorative dinner, "Kokoda and its importance to Australia" on Thursday 26 June 2008 at Parliament House, Canberra. Special guest speakers for the evening are Patrick Lindsay, author of “The Spirit of Kokoda” and Chair of the Kokoda Foundation, The Hon ...
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Barnett Warns Vienna Conference of Diabetes Tsunami
15-May-2008
Diabetes is like a tsunami headed for both the Western World and the Third World at the rate of seven million additional people being diagnosed each year, Senator Guy Barnett told a recent international diabetes conference in Vienna
“With 5.7% of the world’s adult population already diagnosed with the disease, by 2025 the number is estimated to ...
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Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum
01-Mar-2007
In March 2007 Senator Barnett was invited as a guest speaker at the Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum in New York to join a top panel of world decision makers, including former President Bill Clinton.
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Obesity - Diabetes - Dead
09-Jul-2006
‘DON’T IGNORE DIABETES, IT’S TOO SERIOUS A RISK’Senator GuyBarnett today said he was horrified by statistics which showed that seven Tasmanians each day and 275 people nationally develop diabetes.
“These people are courting death or serious incapacitation such as blindness, stroke, amputations or heart disease,” Senator Barnett said.
“Even more ...
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