Dear Petition Supporters, The petition communication has been quiet over the past 8 weeks or so, but can I say, Lyme Disease awareness and the important steps for recognition and research in Australia has never been stronger! This comes off the back of the May Lyme Postcard Project initiated by the Lyme Disease Association of Australia. We also kicked off the petition mid-May hoping to gain supporters and awareness via social media to support LDAA's campaign to politicians. To date the response has been overwhelming! - We now have nearly 6000 signatures and 1100 people following our Facebook page. It's now time to hit the BOOSTER button on our petition as people power is critical in supporting very important discussions that are currently evolving. After speaking to Sharon Whiteman (LDAA President), here is a statement from LDAA with progress in the right direction. It's been a very busy time since the May Lyme Project... The Lyme Disease Association of Australia (LDAA) would like to thank and acknowledge everyone who took action with us. It's been the perfect storm of contribution via patients, their families, everyday Australians, the postcard campaign and LDAA action. The LDAA has briefed over 40 MP's in the past 2 months (with many more to go), most being receptive to the desperate plight of Australian Lyme patients. During the month of August Jill Hill MP (Maitland) put a motion on Lyme disease through the House of Reps, Ken Wyatt MP read out a tragic patient story email he had received to parliament and Sen Claire Moore put a motion through the Senate with no opposition. The Senate motion reads: (a) Notes the hard work of the Lyme Disease Association of Australia in its ongoing work to raise awareness and funds to provide ongoing advocacy for people living with Lyme disease; (b) Recognises that Lyme disease can be debilitating and have a devastating impact on the lives of people living with it; and (c) Calls on the Government to continue to work with Lyme Disease Association of Australia to accept Lyme disease as a disease, undertake research, develop a national plan to collect statistics, and develop treatments for people living with Lyme disease. In addition, there is a Lyme disease roundtable through the House of Reps scheduled for Sept 18th. Invitations to key stakeholders and agenda are expected in the next day or so. Stay tuned, we'll continue to update you on progress for Lyme patients in Australia. Amazing progress!! How can you help?? • Please post or repost this petition if you haven’t already https://www.change.org/p/hon-sussan-ley-mp-i-need-your-department-to-recognise-results-and-symptoms-of-sufferers-of-lyme-in-australia • Email this petition to your work colleagues, university contacts or friends/family asking them to sign • Like our Facebook page and share it https://www.facebook.com/minnaslymefight