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Western Australia signs up to ambitious Paris targets for ending HIV

Western Australia signs up to ambitious Paris targets for ending HIV

Western Australia has made a significant commitment to push towards a community free of HIV by signing up to Fast-Track Cities global partnership initiative and its Paris Declaration, to track progress towards achieving UNAIDS 95-95-95, 2025 targets to end AIDS by 2030. The WA government signed on to the goal as Perth marked 40 years of […]

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WA goes red for World AIDS Day, signs up for historic initiative

WA goes red for World AIDS Day, signs up for historic initiative

On World AIDS Day on Wednesday 1 December, and the 40th year anniversary of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, WA is the first state in Australia to sign up to the Fast-Track Cities initiative, aimed at getting to zero new HIV infections and zero AIDS-related deaths. The declaration was signed by Minister for Health, the Hon Roger […]

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Conrad Liveris is the chair of WAAC, as the organisation enters a new era

Conrad Liveris is the chair of WAAC, as the organisation enters a new era

Conrad Liveris is the new chair of WAAC, replacing Asanka Gunesekera who has stepped down after many years leading the health organisation. Recently rebranded as just WAAC, the former WA AIDS Council is ready to take on it’s next set of challenges with a fresh strategic plan and a new leadership team taking up the […]

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Australia’s 50 most inspirational LGBTIQ+ leaders announced

Australia’s 50 most inspirational LGBTIQ+ leaders announced

Australia professional services firm Deloitte have teamed up with Google Australia and Energy Australia to develop a list of who they see as the 50 best LGBTIQ+ role models and leaders from across corporate Australia, the public sector, politics and the wider community. The organisations hope that by sharing the impactful stories of these LGBTI+ role […]

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Peter Abetz: Gender equality should apply to raising children

Peter Abetz: Gender equality should apply to raising children

Southern River MLA Peter Abetz has highlighted a WA government report that advocates for more women in business and argued that gender diversity is equally essential in the family. Mr Abetz highlighted to his followers on Facebook that the government’s ‘2015 Women’s Report Card’ argues that women should have equal representation in the workforce and […]

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Police Minister blames homelessness on charity groups’ performance

WA’s Police Minister has delivered a surprising assessment of the reason for the high number of homeless people on Perth’s streets. Government funded charities are not doing their jobs properly. “The accommodation is there, the support services are there, the not-for-profit groups are there, the money’s flowing into the system,” Ms Harvey told the ABC. […]

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Where are the LGBT Leaders?

Where are the LGBT Leaders?

Everyone can agree that progress for LGBT people has been heading in the right direction. Gaps definitely remain, but it was only 120 years ago that Oscar Wilde was tried for the most salacious of acts… Having sex with a man. Socially, we have come very far. It’s time our efforts are focused economically and […]

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Conrad Liveris Experiences Being Homeless

Conrad Liveris Experiences Being Homeless

While other people might head off to Bali for a week or go camping down south Conrad Liveris chose something very different to do last week. “I decided to live on the streets for a week and experience what it is to be homeless in Perth. It’s pretty rough to put it bluntly,” said Liveris […]

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