The National Allergy Council and the National Allergy Centre of Excellence will bring together leading clinicians, researchers, consumer advocates, parliamentarians and people with lived experience at Parliament House today to highlight national progress in allergy research, prevention, care, education and support, while outlining the next priorities for improving outcomes for Australians living with allergic disease.
Event highlights
Launch Australia's first Parliamentary Friends of Allergy group.
Release Allergy Update 2026, which outlines national achievements since 2022 and the next priorities for improving allergy prevention, care, education and research.
Showcase progress made since the National Allergy Council (a partnership between the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy and Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia) and the National Allergy Centre of Excellence began working together in 2022.
Parliamentarians and Parliament House staff will have the opportunity to participate in skin prick testing for common airborne allergens alongside allergy education.
Dr Sandra Vale, National Allergy Council CEO, said better national allergy data was the next step in improving policy, planning and care for Australians living with allergic disease.
"Australia has made significant progress in tackling allergic disease, and the next step is ensuring we have the national data needed to guide future policy and care. Despite around one in three Australians living with an allergic condition, the Census does not currently collect information on allergic disease. Including it in future national data collections would help governments and health services better understand its prevalence and impact, informing future policy, planning, research and investment."
