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Letters
CONGRATULATIONS #1 When the first issue of Sydney Star Observer was published over 30 years ago, Sydney’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community was slowing emerging. Just three years later, HIV/AIDS began ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - No Comments
Parkhill new ACON CEO
Nicolas Parkhill will take up the position of ACON CEO following the resignation of Stevie Clayton. Australia’s largest community-based gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) health and HIV/AIDS organisation selected ... Read more
Fri September 25th, 2009 - 6 Comments
And the Honour goes to…
Graeme Browning (Mitzi Macintosh) and Ken Davis will receive commendations at ACON's Honour night. The annual event to acknowledge people who have displayed exceptional commitment to and leadership in the GLBT ... Read more
Tue August 25th, 2009 - No Comments
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
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Clayton resigns
ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has resigned. Clayton has lead Australia's largest community-based GLBT health and HIV organisation for about a decade. ACON president Mark Orr paid tribute to Clayton for her significant ... Read more
Thu July 16th, 2009 - 5 Comments
ACON’s three-year vision
ACON CEO Stevie Clayton has declared a drop in HIV rates as a key goal for their new three-year strategic plan. The Strategic Plan 2009-12 will see ACON extend its role ... Read more
Tue June 30th, 2009 - No Comments
ACON change for the positive
ACON will draft a new constitution to encourage HIV positive people on to its board. Staff members met last Wednesday to discuss plans to become an incorporated company, ACON Health Ltd, ... Read more
Tue May 12th, 2009 - 6 Comments
ACON to go public
ACON will meet with its members next week to discuss becoming an incorporated company. The move from incorporated association to a public company limited by guarantee will not change its ... Read more
Tue April 28th, 2009 - 5 Comments
AIDS Trust gets new CEO
The AIDS Trust of Australia has appointed its first female CEO following the resignation of Nick Toonen. Elizabeth Lennep, a newcomer to the HIV sector, was appointed to the position by ... Read more
Tue March 31st, 2009 - No Comments
Sex workers seeing red
A funding spat between the ACON and the Scarlet Alliance will result in the two parting company from 1 July this year. ACON's Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) was a member ... Read more
Wed February 18th, 2009 - 6 Comments
Hunter happenings
As the GLBT community looks forward to our most anticipated and celebrated event, Mardi Gras, there are many offerings for the Hunter, Central Coast and Mid North Coast (MNC) locals ... Read more
Wed February 4th, 2009 - No Comments
WAD marks 20 years in a big way
The 20th World AIDS Day has been a major success raising a total of $80,000 -” a rise in figures from last year which ACON attributed to the inaugural WAD ... Read more
Wed December 3rd, 2008 - No Comments
Mitcham to sell red ribbons
Olympic gold medallist and Australian Sports Performer of the Year Matthew Mitcham will join other celebrities and up to 150 volunteers to sell red ribbons on the streets of Sydney ... Read more
Fri November 28th, 2008 - 4 Comments
Orr re-elected
The community's most prominent health organisation stayed the course during its annual general meeting last week, re-electing Mark Orr as president. Orr, who took Adrian Lovney earlier this year, said he ... Read more
Wed November 19th, 2008 - No Comments
Summit heralds the start of conversation
The first one-day GLBT 2020 Summit was hailed as historic and optimistic by attendees from more than a dozen community groups. Seven key priorities were decided beginning with the push for ... Read more
Wed October 1st, 2008 - 12 Comments
Oxford St bashing victim in a coma
One man is in an induced coma at St Vincent's Hospital and two men are facing court following another weekend of violence on the once-Golden Mile. Senseless and opportunistic could describe ... Read more
Sun September 21st, 2008 - 20 Comments
Gays to have own 2020 summit
Sydney's GLBT organisations will thrash out their own 2020 action plan next month in a bid to strengthen the community and develop future leaders. ACON will host the first one-day roundtable ... Read more
Wed August 27th, 2008 - No Comments
Current Issue
Velvet in the garden
A new burlesque and cabaret show, The Velvet Garden, showcasing the debut work of up-and-coming performers will feature at the Red Rattle Theatre on Friday, March 19. With playwright Wayne Tunks as host, the ... Read more
PFLAG outrage: Shame on you, Tony Abbott
Parents, friends and relatives of gay and lesbian people are being encouraged to register ... Read more
We were wrong
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says a deal was struck to to force a vote ... Read more
Change to BGF service structure
Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) clients will be asked to take more responsibility for their ... Read more
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re shovel-ready!
The shriek of whistles pierces the air, dykes tease the crowd with their purring ... Read more
HIV+ migrant inquiry
Some of the nation’s peak AIDS bodies have used an inquiry into migration by ... Read more