“We didn’t know what was coming”: AIDS in Australia
On the evening of December 1, 1988, the first ever World AIDS Day, hundreds of people packed into the Martin Place amphitheatre in Sydney for …
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NSW Labor says state government’s claim it will eliminate HIV by 2020 is “premature”
“[We] would like to see the Berejiklian Government look at ways to get the message to overseas-born men.”
Plan highlights path to ending HIV transmissions in Australia
The plan explains that extra government funding of just $32.5 million a year would prevent new transmissions and eventually save the government $2 billion.
Newly acquired HIV transmissions halved in Victoria
The majority of new cases were among men, with gay sex the most common mode of transmission identified.
Record high HIV numbers in New Zealand
A record 244 people were diagnosed in 2016 – mostly gay and bisexual men.
Report highlights negative health effects of plebiscite
Studies in the US have suggested that marriage denial can lead to higher rates of LGBTI people with psychiatric disorders.
Anger over AIDS train panic at Wollongong
UPDATED FEBRUARY 13 – NSW TRAINLINK DENY TRAIN EVACUATED DUE TO MAN’S AIDS STATUS NSW Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian has yet to comment on whether an …