Scott Ludlam

Scott Ludlam was a Senator of Australian Greens political party.

Senate hearings
At the Australian Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee hearings, Senator Ludlam's direction asked questions about the little funds and poor medical health support for Australia's myalgic encephalomyelitis patients and GPs trying to treat them. He mentioned the good job Emerge Australia does on little funds. A 9 minute video of theone of the hearings was uploaded on February 10th, 2016 (FB time stamp 5:51PM).

In 2015 Ludlam told the hearing “I am struggling to think of a cohort of people in our community that large for whom there is so little”. 'Australian senator questions government on lack of action on ME'.

In 2016 Ludlam asked the NHMRC “outside NHMRC grants, is there any Commonwealth support for people with this condition that you are aware of?" Australian Health Department answers questions on ME.

Later in 2016, he asked the NHRMC "about two-thirds of the funding appears to be going to into research that, however worthy, actually has nothing at all to do with ME/CFS.Can you correct either the record or point out how this research is directly relevant to the questions that I asked?” Australian Health Department pins its hopes on overseas research instead of funding our own.

Read Sasha Nimmo's article for more http://www.meaction.net/2016/02/12/australian-health-department-pins-its-hopes-on-nih-research/

Interviews and opinion pieces
On May 12 2018, Scott Ludlam wrote To the #MillionsMissingwith ME/CFS, something remarkable is happening in The Guardian Australia.

The Wire Radio interview included Senator Ludlam at 2:56 speaking on research which was "counterproductive and actually dangerous" in reference to exercise (GET) and Cognitive behavioral therapy. At 4:54 he speaks of the need for the Commonwealth to swing behind Griffiths University in Queensland.

A Junkee.com piece written by Naomi Chainey used his quote for the title '"Getting By With “Bugger All”: The Invisible Suffering Of Australians With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"'. Senator Ludlam posted the article on his FB page and as of February 28th, 9:13 AM EST there were 1.2K Likes and 425 shares as well as a long thread of discussion and much appreciation for his efforts.

Online presence

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 * YouTube
 * Website
 * Field Notes Blog
 * LinkedIn

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 * Wikipedia - Scott Ludlam