Media Contact
Communications Officer - Craig Andrews
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Phone (02) 9206 2179 or Mobile 0403 876 393
Media Releases 2019
Media Releases 2018
- 5 Dec: New President for Positive Life NSW
- 25 Oct: HIV organisations call for calm over needlestick incident - PLNSW and NAPWHA Joint Media Release
- 6 June: End HIV Transmission in NSW by 2020 - Get tested!
- 31 May: My Health Record opt-out dates announced
- 20 Mar: Vale Professor David Cooper
- 12 Feb: Removing barriers to end HIV
- 22 Jan: Pain policy change adds burden
Media Releases 2017
- 1 Dec: We're on track!
- 17 Oct: Vale Levinia Crooks
- 19 Sep: NSW Public Health Amendment Bill
- 1 Sep: Acknowledging the Unique Leadership of ASHM
- 27 July: World Hepatitis Day 2017
- 28 June: Showcasing the Body Positive Peer Response
- 1 June: When were you last tested for HIV?
- 18 May: 2017 Candlelight Memorial
Media Releases 2016
- 8 December: Start Now - Take control of HIV
- 1 December: World AIDS Day 2016 - make HIV testing routine
- 9 March: HIV Gender Difference in the Spotlight
- 9 March: Positive Life CEO to lead the AIVL during transition
Media Releases 2015
- 1 December: World AIDS Day 2015 - Another step forward in Ending HIV
- 24 November: Immediate HIV treatment gives greatest benefit
- 18 November: "I'm HIV Positive": courageous words for anyone
- 1 October: Benefits of immediate treatment affirmed by WHO
- 28 September: Positive Life welcomes HIV co-payment waiver
- 16 September: National HIV report card results encouraging
- 10 September: Meth users inform debate - PLNSW, NUAA and ACON Joint Media Release
- 1 July: HIV Game Changer - Positive Life NSW (PLNSW) welcomes today’s changes
- 3 June: Get tested and know your HIV status - HIV is most often passed on by people who don’t even know they have it
- 28 May: Immediate treatment of HIV is clinically superior - Positive Life NSW welcomes today’s announcement from the Kirby Institute
- 27 May: HIV - It's not over in NSW - Around 1,000-1,100 people in NSW are unaware they are infected with HIV.
- 30 March: Ice Storm? stereotypes evade enlightened debate - PLNSW CEO and NUAA CEO speak out on Ice stigma
- 17 March: Gonorrhoea on the rise - Positive Life calls on gay men living with HIV to test and treat for gonorrhoea
Media Resources
Guide to HIV Media Contacts in NSW – Positive Life NSW
HIV Media Guide for Journalists – Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
Treataware – NAPWA-auspiced clinical trials database and HIV health information
HIV Futures – Long term social research project examining the lived experience of people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia
UNAIDS – Comprehensive information about the global HIV pandemic including country-by-country reports from Ja jint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
Aidsmap (UK) – Comprehensive UK-based website with information about treatments, side effects, research, and many other HIV-related issues
