Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says the ‘Grim Reaper’ AIDS awareness campaign of the 1980’s lead to him writing homophobic columns in the 1990’s. Since being elevated to the position of Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister, attention has been given to a series of columns McCormack wrote when he was the editor of his […]
Last month it was revealed that the number of people being diagnosed with HIV in Australia within the last year had risen 8%, compared to the previous 12 month period. It’s a significant rise and a sign that new strategies are needed. The rise was not unexpected, health officials have been highlighting that increasingly we’re […]
The Queensland Government’s new HIV/AIDS prevention campaign that resurrects the 1980’s Grim Reaper campaign continues to draw concern that it could do more harm than good. The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC), an organisation that has had a significant amount of funding cut under the new Liberal Government, has been critical of the advertisements. […]
Shortly after slashing funds towards Queensland’s only LGBT health organisation, the state is looking to spend half a million dollars to revive a controversial AIDS campaign from the 1980’s. The haunting ad – which shows the Grim Reaper bowling over men, women and children, depicts the AIDS virus as killing innocent families as well as […]
