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Announcing our new community support program Eye Connect, the only free personalised support and information service available to all Australians living with a macular disease.
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Find out more about how a gift in your Will to MDFA can help save the sight of future generations.
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Health professionals video series

Learn more about how we can help support your patients in this eye health video series for health professionals.
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Check My Macula

Are you at risk? Five easy questions and one minute is all it takes to check your risk factors for macular disease.
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Vision Voice Autumn 2025

Read the Autumn 2025 edition of the Vision Voice
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Federal Election Agenda 2025

Together, let’s Fight for Sight
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Donate to our appeal today

Donate today to help advance our groundbreaking research and stop the loss for people like Colin.
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MDFA launches its new Research Impact Report

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Eye Connect

Announcing our new community support program Eye Connect, the only free personalised support and information service available to all Australians living with a macular disease.
Join Eye Connect
Leave a gift in your Will

Find out more about how a gift in your Will to MDFA can help save the sight of future generations.
Read more
Health professionals video series

Learn more about how we can help support your patients in this eye health video series for health professionals.
Watch the videos
Check My Macula

Are you at risk? Five easy questions and one minute is all it takes to check your risk factors for macular disease.
Get started
Vision Voice Autumn 2025

Read the Autumn 2025 edition of the Vision Voice
Read more
Federal Election Agenda 2025

Together, let’s Fight for Sight
Read more
Donate to our appeal today

Donate today to help advance our groundbreaking research and stop the loss for people like Colin.
Donate now
MDFA launches its new Research Impact Report

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Read the Autumn 2025 edition of the Vision Voice newsletter.

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Our latest edition of Vision Voice is here

Welcome to the latest edition of Vision Voice.

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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.

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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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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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New treatment for Geographic Atrophy

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval of the new eye injection treatment SYFOVRE® (pegcetacoplan) is welcome news, as it will give many people with Geographic Atrophy a treatment option that they’ve never had before to slow the progression of the disease.

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Our latest newsletter is out now

This is our annual research focused edition. In it you will find information about new macular disease treatments, geographic atrophy and innovations being explored to treat, preserve or improve sight.

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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.

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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.

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Eye Connect

Leave a gift in your Will

Health professionals video series

Check My Macula

Vision Voice Autumn 2025

Federal Election Agenda 2025

Donate to our appeal today

MDFA launches its new Research Impact Report

Eye Connect

Leave a gift in your Will

Health professionals video series

Check My Macula

Vision Voice Autumn 2025

Federal Election Agenda 2025

Donate to our appeal today

MDFA launches its new Research Impact Report

How can we help you?

Check My Macula

I’m a patient

I’m a carer

I’m a health professional

I’d like to donate

The latest from MDFA

Our latest newsletter is out now

Our latest edition of Vision Voice is here

Government defers MBS private health insurance reclassification

Call to Federal Government to bulk bill eye injections for pensioners

Opinion Editorial: Sight preservation should be a national priority

New treatment for Geographic Atrophy

Our latest newsletter is out now

Survey shows new Eye Connect service benefiting AMD community

MDFA showcases groundbreaking research projects in new impact report

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