27 August 2025 One in three Australians now live with allergic disease, costing $18.9b in financial losses and $44.6b in non-financial impacts each year, according to a new Deloitte Access Economics report, “Costly Reactions: The economic and social cost of allergic disease in Australia.” This new Deloitte Access Economics report was developed with the Australasian...

11 August 2025 A new national online companion course is helping long day care services across Australia respond to a growing need: how to safely manage food allergies while providing nutritious meals for children with diverse dietary needs. Around 1.3 million Australian children under the age of 12 attend childcare services. Of those in early childhood education and...

10 June 2025 The National Allergy Council exhibited at the Foodservice Australia conference in Melbourne from 18 to 20 May. This was a great opportunity to promote the All about Allergens courses. We spoke with many people over the three days and made new contacts to progress our work in food service training. We then attended the Food Allergen Management...

8 April 2025 The National Allergy Council’s Allergy 250K Melbourne School-aged Kids Camp held from 15-16 March was a huge success! We brought together 32 school-aged kids and 12 peer mentors with severe food allergies. Our allergy dietitians and the camp catering staff created such a tasty menu while managing 49 different food allergies and other special dietary...