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Laura Kool

The CEO Report | March 2026

Read the full February Newsletter Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Well I thought February was a busy month – but that pales into insignificance when we consider how hectic March has been to date. In this newsletter you will hear all about our highly successful ME/CFS Parliamentary Friends

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Indiara Wake

Missing School: Live & Learn Ep. 39 – Emerge Australia

Published: 5 March 2026 Anne Wilson, CEO of Emerge Australia speaks with Megan, about how ME/CFS and long COVID can affect a child’s ability to stay connected to school and learning. Anne highlights the challenges of delayed diagnosis, limited understanding, and the need for flexible, coordinated support so students are not left behind. ME/CFS is

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Indiara Wake

Australasian Medical Writers Association: Congratulates Felicity Nelson

Published 11 March 2026 Australasian Medical Writers Association (AMWA) would like to congratulate member and regular AMWA conference presenter Felicity Nelson on winning the 2026 Emerge Australia Long COVID Award for Journalism Excellence for her collection of articles about long COVID throughout 2025. The judges valued Felicity’s evidence-based approach and her willingness to share her

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Indiara Wake

The Medical Republic: Chronic fatigue over chronic fatigue reform

Published: 10 March 2026 In the article, Euan Kielly reports on a parliamentary hearing where advocates, clinicians, researchers and people with lived experience called for stronger action on ME/CFS and long COVID in Australia. The piece highlights slow progress on the 2024 inquiry recommendations, including calls for specialist centres in each state, while speakers warned

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Laura Kool

NDIS New Framework Planning

Emerge Australia has heard from many people with ME/CFS and long COVID who are worried about upcoming changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) planning process. These changes are called new framework planning.  These changes affect how current NDIS participants have their support needs assessed and how their funding is determined. They do not

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Laura Kool

The CEO Report | February 2026

Read the full February Newsletter Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Welcome to this first edition of our Emerge Australia Newsletter for 2026 and a belated Happy New Year to you all.   This edition is filled with lots of information on our work, opportunities and news. In the

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Laura Kool

The CEO Report | December 2025

Read the full December Newsletter Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! In our final newsletter for the year, I want to first and foremost take this opportunity to thank everyone who has so loyally supported us in every way throughout this calendar year. To all our community donors, our

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Laura Kool

The CEO Report | November 2025

Read the full November Newsletter Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! The last several weeks have been taken up with planning and executing our Action Forum, From Stigma to Science:  Educating for change.  You can read about

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Laura Kool

Making the Invisible Visible: Safer Shared Air for All

The Safer Shared Air: Making the Invisible Visible Conference 2025 brought together lived-experience advocates, scientists, policymakers and industry leaders to highlight why indoor air quality is fundamental to health, accessibility and inclusion. The event explored how the air we share can limit participation, especially for people with chronic conditions, and highlighted solutions such as improved ventilation,

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Laura Kool

The CEO Report | October 2025

Read the full October Newsletter Hello to all our supporters and readers of the Emerge Australia newsletter! It’s hard to believe we’re already in mid-October — Christmas is just around the corner, and our team is in full flight. I can’t recall a busier time! With just 8.4 full-time equivalent staff, our small but mighty

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