Focus on PDGN People – Number Two, Our Patron, the Hon Judi Moylan AO GAICD.
The Hon Judi Moylan AO GAICD, was elected in 1993 to the Federal Australian Parliament representing the Pearce constituency in Western Australia. She served until her retirement in 2013.
Her portfolios included, Minister for Family Services and Minister for the Status of Women, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Status of Women.
In 2013 she was appointed Independent President and Chair of the Board of Diabetes Australia retiring in December 2019.
Judi is currently a member of the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia and Chairs the Community & Consumer Advisory Group.
In 2018 she was appointed to the Advisory Board of Access Care Network Australia (ACNA), a subsidiary company of the Silver Chain Group. She was also appointed as co-chair of the National Diabetes Strategy Advisory Group (NDSAG) in 2013 and she currently co-chairs the Implementation Reference Group (IRG) advising the Health Minister on the implementation of the recommended policies of the NDSAG.
She was appointed as the Gobal Coordinator of the International Diabetes Federation’s Parliamentarians for Diabetes Global Network (IDF-PDGN) in 2013 and worked with Sir Michael Hirst, then President of IDF, to build the network and coordinate the 2015 Global Forum in Vancouver, Canada. She was elected Patron of PDGN at the conclusion of that successful Forum.
Her awards include: An Order of Australia (AO), the Sir Kempson Maddox Award, Diabetes Australia Outstanding Services award, the Alan Missen Medal for “serving democracy with integrity” 2013, and a lifetime achievement award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Novo Nordisk.
CAPTION: Judi is pictured with Mike Wilson, CEO of JDRF Australia, at the announcement of $54 million Federal Government subsidy of Continuous Glucose Monitors for children and young adults in 2017. This policy has now been implemented and expanded.