Help make Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) accessible for all Australians with Type 1 diabetes
Insulin pumps, CGMs and Automated Insulin Delivery can change daily life with Type 1 diabetes. But too many Australians still face cost barriers.
The Federal Budget has now been released. The Government has responded to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes. Progress is happening – but expanded access to insulin pump technology remains unfinished work.
Automated Insulin Delivery is increasingly recognised as an important part of modern Type 1 diabetes care. But right now in Australia, access is still unfair.
Without top-level private health insurance or the ability to pay out of pocket, too many people are being left behind.
Now is the time for the Type 1 diabetes community, families, carers, clinicians and supporters to keep speaking up. Take two minutes to help. Write. Sign. Share.
Why now?
Diabetes Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes, including progress on awareness, diabetes care, research and access to diabetes educators. But it also says equitable access to diabetes technologies remains a critical focus, including making insulin pumps and CGMs more affordable.
Breakthrough T1D has also noted that the May 2026 Federal Budget did not include expanded insulin pump access for people living with Type 1 diabetes, despite progress in research funding and prevention.
Sources: Diabetes Australia and Breakthrough T1D.
Progress has been made. Now we need access.
Take two minutes to help
Write to your local MP
Ask your local MP to support fairer access to Automated Insulin Delivery for Australians living with Type 1 diabetes.
Find your local MP here
Sign the petition
Add your name to the call for Automated Insulin Delivery to be affordable and accessible for Australians living with Type 1 diabetes.
Sign the petition
Post and tag your story
Share why access to diabetes technology matters to you, your family, or someone you care about. Tag your local MP, the Health Minister and relevant diabetes organisations so the message reaches the people who need to hear it.
Use the hashtag: #AIDForAll
Making Automated Insulin Delivery affordable for all Australians with Type 1 diabetes
Automated Insulin Delivery systems can transform daily life with Type 1 diabetes. They can reduce dangerous hypoglycaemic episodes, improve time in range and ease the relentless mental burden of manual insulin management.
The technology exists. The evidence is clear. The barrier is access.
In 2025, I travelled to Parliament House in Canberra with representatives from Insulet to meet with the Office of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, alongside Dr Mike Freelander MP and Marion Scrymgour, Federal MP for Lingiari.
I shared what more than 34 years of living with Type 1 diabetes has taught me:
Every Australian with Type 1 diabetes deserves fair access to the tools that can help keep them safe.
Hear my story shared in Canberra
In this conversation I share the night I took the wrong insulin, had a seizure, and why Automated Insulin Delivery could prevent emergencies like that for other families.
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