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  • Committee consults with community Committee consults with community

    Gay community leaders have met with the Human Rights Consultation Committee to discuss marriage, anti-discrimination legislation and the need for a human rights charter. Committee chair Frank Brennan and member Mary ... Read more

    Tue September 15th, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Overdue HIV strategy near completion Overdue HIV strategy near completion

    The sixth National HIV Strategy needs to set a radically low infection target almost half the current rate, experts said as a preliminary draft ended community consultation. A Government sign-off is ... Read more

    Tue September 15th, 2009 - 2 Comments

  • Lowest HIV rate in a decade Lowest HIV rate in a decade

    Australia’s HIV infection rate has levelled off for the first time in a decade. Figures to be released tomorrow at the Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference will show that the rate of HIV ... Read more

    Wed September 9th, 2009 - 14 Comments

  • New hope for HIV vaccine New hope for HIV vaccine

    A vaccine for HIV could be just a decade away, according to scientists who have made the most significant finding in HIV research for 15 years. Scientists last week announced the ... Read more

    Tue September 8th, 2009 - 1 Comment

  • Davis receives ACON honnor Davis receives ACON honnor

    Community members will get together on September 24 to recognise the achievements of Ken Davis, who took up the fight for gay liberation at the age of 15 and remains ... Read more

    Tue September 1st, 2009 - No Comments

  • Clayton makes an emotional farewell Clayton makes an emotional farewell

    ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has resigned after 12 years with the organisation. After nine years at the head of ACON, a teary Clayton announced her resignation to an assembly of staff ... Read more

    Tue July 21st, 2009 - 8 Comments

  • Rudd’s HIV call to Asia Rudd’s HIV call to Asia

    The Rudd Government will encourage Australia's Asia-Pacific neighbours to introduce laws that protect people with HIV and homosexually active men from discrimination -” laws it is yet to introduce at ... Read more

    Tue April 14th, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • New HIV, STI committee appointed New HIV, STI committee appointed

    The appointment of a new ministerial advisory committee on blood-borne viruses and STIs has been welcomed by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations as an important step in revitalising Australia's ... Read more

    Tue March 31st, 2009 - 3 Comments

  • Government renews commitment to PLWHIV Government renews commitment to PLWHIV

    The Government has pledged to increase funding to the AIDS sector, in a move which has brought praise from AFAO. The Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon this week renewed the Government's ... Read more

    Wed December 3rd, 2008 - No Comments

  • Gay self-censorship coming to an end Gay self-censorship coming to an end

    Local HIV lobbyists and researchers are excited that the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City this month showed gay men are again being taken seriously as a vulnerable group in ... Read more

    Wed September 17th, 2008 - 2 Comments

  • AIDS sector slams drop in funding AIDS sector slams drop in funding

    The government must provide a stronger commitment to the national HIV response if we are to stop the ongoing rise in new infections, Australia's peak HIV organisations have said. AFAO and ... Read more

    Wed September 17th, 2008 - 1 Comment

  • Aussie HIV expertise -˜wasted’ Aussie HIV expertise -˜wasted’

    Dozens of Asian cities on the cusp of an HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men are missing out on Australia's unmatched expertise because of an arrangement with ... Read more

    Wed August 13th, 2008 - No Comments

  • Instant HIV test review Instant HIV test review

    Australia's AIDS councils will reconsider seeking access to rapid HIV and syphilis tests over the next six months following the introduction of the 10 to 20-minute tests in New Zealand. Last ... Read more

    Wed August 6th, 2008 - 9 Comments

  • Homophobia behind gay HIV underspend Homophobia behind gay HIV underspend

    The global battle against HIV was missing the epidemics among gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) due to homophobia, the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City ... Read more

    Wed August 6th, 2008 - 2 Comments

  • HIV study warning HIV study warning

    The number of new HIV infections in serodiscordant couples could quadruple over the next 10 years if people begin following advice from the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS, says a ... Read more

    Wed July 30th, 2008 - No Comments

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