Advocacy
| Getting the best from the system | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney reports on Positive Life’s upcoming work designed to help you get the most benefit from the health and insurance system. | 17 Dec 2009 |
| Positive Life NSW & NAPWA call for HIV drugs to be dispensed at community pharmacies | Story | Positive Life NSW and the National Association of People living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) have responded to a review of the Highly Specialised Drug Program, the national program that regulates S100/HIV medications in Australia. Better options can be implemented that support dispensing of HIV drugs by community pharmacies. | 21 Sep 2009 |
| Advocacy, health and responding to community needs | Talkabout story | Rob Lake reports on the Board Advisory Groups held in February. | 23 Apr 2009 |
| Relationship recognition brings new financial era for same-sex couples from 1 July 2009 | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney reports on the impacts of same-sex legislation on Social Security law for people with HIV receiving Centrelink benefits. | 23 Feb 2009 |
| Not good enough | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney updates Talkabout readers on where we're at advocating for your rights. | 23 Feb 2009 |
| Application to list Sculptra on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney updates Talkabout readers on where we're at advocating for your rights. Scupltra is used for the treatment of facial lipoatrophy (facial wasting) in people with HIV. The pharmaceutical company applied for listing of the drug at the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) November meeting. | 23 Feb 2009 |
| Employment, the Job Capacity Assessment, and Centrelink | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney updates Talkabout readers on where we're at advocating for your rights. In 2008, the Federal Minister for Human Services Joe Ludwig conducted a review of the Job Capacity Assessment program. Positive Life provided a submission to the review. | 23 Feb 2009 |
| Dental scheme still in place for now | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney updates Talkabout readers on where we're at advocating for your rights. The Commonwealth Dental Health Program will provide $290 million over three years to deliver public dental services to states and territories and help clear the backlog of people waiting for public dental visits. | 23 Feb 2009 |
| What will HIV treatment look like in the future? | Talkabout story | Lance Feeney reports on Project Inform’s recent HAART 2.0 Think Tank held in San Francisco in October 2008. | 11 Dec 2008 |
| A fair and flexible safety net | Talkabout story | Rises in the cost of living have led to concerns that people on low incomes – particularly those dependent on the maximum rate of pension with few assets – may be finding it harder to make ends meet. Lance Feeney on the pension review. | 23 Oct 2008 |