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Volunteer spotlight: Leeloo’s role in building connection and support

Leeloo, one of our dedicated Peer Support Facilitators, volunteers her time to helping build a space where people living with macular disease can connect and feel stronger.

The turning point: Knowing when it’s time to stop driving

The Hon. Jillian Skinner AM reflects on her personal challenge of giving up driving at night, as new research highlights mental health impacts of driving cessation.

May is Macula Month – Protect Your Vision, Take Action Today

May marks Macula Month, a national call to action for Australians to prioritise their eye health and take steps to prevent vision loss caused by macular disease.

Regional Australians pay the price to fight for their sight

A powerful personal journey to mark Macula Month

Opinion Editorial: Sight preservation should be a national priority

By The Hon. Jillian Skinner, AM, former NSW Minister for Health.This article was originally published by News Corp.

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Welcome to our final Vision Voice newsletter for the year.

Survey shows new Eye Connect service benefiting AMD community

MDFA has received a positive response from the people participating in our new Eye Connect support service.

MDFA showcases groundbreaking research projects in new impact report

Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) has launched its new Research Impact Report, which showcases the groundbreaking projects our organisation has funded to help reduce the impact of macular disease.

Macular Disease Foundation Australia responds to the Australian Government’s planned MBS change

The Federal Government has announced that from 1 July 2025, people receiving sight-saving eye (intravitreal) injections to treat macular disease will no longer receive health fund benefits for this treatment if it is performed in private hospitals and day surgeries.

Meet your team behind the new Eye Connect support service

Dilini is one of MDFA’s Health Promotion Officers supporting people with age-related macular degeneration through our new Eye Connect service. A qualified Vision Scientist and training Optometrist, let’s find out more about Dilini and her experiences helping people with macular disease, Australia’s leading cause of blindness.

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Welcome to the Spring 2024 edition of Vision Voice.

The Hon. Jillian Skinner AM becomes MDFA Ambassador

MDFA is pleased to announce that NSW government’s former Minister for Health and Minister for Medical research, the Hon. Jillian Skinner AM, has joined as our newest Ambassador.

Volunteer spotlight: Leeloo’s role in building connection and support

Leeloo, one of our dedicated Peer Support Facilitators, volunteers her time to helping build a space where people living with macular disease can connect and feel stronger.

The turning point: Knowing when it’s time to stop driving

The Hon. Jillian Skinner AM reflects on her personal challenge of giving up driving at night, as new research highlights mental health impacts of driving cessation.

Letting go of the wheel

The Hon. Jillian Skinner AM reflects on stopping driving at night; new research on driving cessation released

May is Macula Month – Protect Your Vision, Take Action Today

May marks Macula Month, a national call to action for Australians to prioritise their eye health and take steps to prevent vision loss caused by macular disease.

Regional Australians pay the price to fight for their sight

A powerful personal journey to mark Macula Month

MDFA response to Federal Budget announcement 2025-26

Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) is pleased with the Federal Government’s increased investment to make primary health care more affordable and accessible for Australians doing it tough due to the current cost of living crisis.

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Welcome to the latest edition of Vision Voice.

Government defers MBS private health insurance reclassification

Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to defer the private health insurance reclassification of intravitreal (eye) injections from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2026 and undertake further consultation.

Call to Federal Government to bulk bill eye injections for pensioners

We have released new research in collaboration with the University of New South Wales which has revealed the median total cost for people living with macular disease, who also receive sight-saving eye injections, is 12 percent* ($3,621) of the annual government pension payment.

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