‘Do something’: Allan Border appeals to PM to new Parkinson’s campaign

International cricketing legend, Allan Border, is calling on the Federal Government to fund Parkinson’s Australia’s research and initiatives in a new campaign aimed at highlighting the prevalence of Parkinson’s across the country.

Border is one of over 150,000 Australians living with Parkinson’s, roughly one in 173 people across the country. One Aussie is diagnosed every 27 minutes.

Olivia Nassaris, Parkinson’s Australia, CEO, says, “Parkinson’s is the second most common neurological condition in the world and impacts more than one million Aussies, yet it remains one of the least understood conditions. That’s people living with the condition plus family, friends, colleagues and team-mates.