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MS Australia advocates for funding to improve the lives of people living with MS through: 

    • Pre-budget submissions which outline our funding asks across medical research, health, disability, social services and aged care. 
    • Responding to the funding outlined in the federal budget 

Federal Budgets

2025-26 Federal Budget

Building on our asks over the previous two budgets, MS Australia’s 2025-26 pre-budget submission has four asks that will improve the lives of people living with MS and reduce the economic impact of MS on the Australian health, disability, social services and aged care systems: 

  1. MS Research and Data: Research to prevent people from developing MS, improve early diagnosis and develop effective treatments and interventions to slow or prevent disease progression through funding a National MS Biobank, a Neurological Mission, and improved neurological data 
  2. MS Nurses: Improved access to MS Nurses across Australia for people living with MS through additional nurses, a national MS Nurses national strategy, a MS Nurses pilot and the development of a MS nursing microcredential 
  3. Disability: Improved support for people with MS living with disability through improved NDIS pricing, a better NDIA workforce, a better disability sector workforce, housing and living supports, assistive technology, improved income support and implementing the recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission 
  4. Aged Care: Improve the lives of older people living with MS through increased funding under the Support at Home Program
2025-26 Pre-budget submission
response to the 2025-26 budget

2024-25 Federal Budget

MS Australia’s 2024-25 pre-budget submission focused on five asks that will improve the lives of people living with MS and reduce the economic impact of MS on the Australian health, disability, social services and aged care systems: 

  1. Research: Funding for a National MS Biobank and the establishment of a Neurological Mission within the Medical Research Future Fund 
  2. Data: Funding for the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to identify the current neurological data gaps and opportunities 
  3. MS Nurses: Funding to increase access to MS nurses by employing an additional sixty-five MS nurses across Australia and a MS nurses pilot project in Tasmania 
  4. Disability: Increased funding to improve the NDIS including Implementing the recommendations of the NDIS review, foundational disability supports for those not receiving a NDIS package and improved income support 
  5. Aged Care: Funding to support the implementation of Recommendation 72  f the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to ensure the aged care system meets the needs of people living with disability 
2024-25 Pre-budget submission
response to the 2024-25 budget

2023-24 Federal Budget

MS Australia’s 2023-24 Pre-budget submission sought commitments from the Australian Government to:  

  1. Prevent and ultimately defeat MS in Australia through a significant investment in research funding for better treatments, prevention and ultimately, a cure for MS 
  2. Improve access to MS Nurses 
  3. Improve support for people with MS living with disability 
  4. Improve support for people ageing with MS 
2023-24 Pre-budget submission
response to the 2023-24 budget

2025 Federal Election

During the 2025 Federal Election, MS Australia advocated for funding to improve the lives of people living with MS through prevention, improved early detection, diagnosis and treatment and access to life-changing MS Nurse care. 

Neurological and Neuromuscular Health Research Mission

$300 million over ten years for the establishment of a Neurological and Neuromuscular Health Research Mission within the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to coordinate, action and accelerate neurological and neuromuscular research to improve the prevention, detection, treatment and care of these conditions.  

Read the full funding ask

National MS Biobank

$8 million over five years for the establishment of a National MS Biobank to advance research efforts focussed on the early detection and prevention of MS.

Read the full funding ask

MS Nurses

$4 million over four years to improve access to life-changing MS Nurse care for people living with MS, including:  

  • $1 million over four years for an MS Nurses National Strategy to establish neurological nursing credentials, develop an MS nursing careers pathway and competency standards and support mentoring education, upskilling and retraining programs.  
  • $3 million over four years for the development of an MS Nurses pilot project in partnership with Menzies Institute for Medical Research and MS Nurses Australasia, including research and evaluation work and the funding of additional FTE MS Nurse time.  
Read the full funding ask
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