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The head of Diabetes Australia has accused the federal government of putting a budget surplus above the health of 1.7 million Australians with the disease.
"It might be good politics but it's not good policy," CEO Lewis Kaplan told AAP.
"It's not good for the nation's health to not focus very much more strongly on the diabetes pandemic because it's going to send the system broke."
He was speaking in Sydney at the launch of a major new study of 3338 Australians living with diabetes, which highlighted illnesses linked to the disease.
Mr Kaplan said he was disappointed that Federal Health Minister Tanya had been unable to attend the launch because of a prior engagement.
"We wanted to have her in the real world, not in that policy bubble called Canberra," Mr Kaplan told the launch.
"Unfortunately she had a more pressing engagement."
http://www.news.9msn.com.au/health/8467123/diabetes-head-calls-for-more-funding
"It might be good politics but it's not good policy," CEO Lewis Kaplan told AAP.
"It's not good for the nation's health to not focus very much more strongly on the diabetes pandemic because it's going to send the system broke."
He was speaking in Sydney at the launch of a major new study of 3338 Australians living with diabetes, which highlighted illnesses linked to the disease.
Mr Kaplan said he was disappointed that Federal Health Minister Tanya had been unable to attend the launch because of a prior engagement.
"We wanted to have her in the real world, not in that policy bubble called Canberra," Mr Kaplan told the launch.
"Unfortunately she had a more pressing engagement."
http://www.news.9msn.com.au/health/8467123/diabetes-head-calls-for-more-funding