Recap World AIDS Day – Minister of Health’s engagement and tangible outcomes for LPV.

Look ahead to 2025

Delivery of the Multicultural Engagement strategy

The beginning of our research partnership with ARCHRS to look into the lived experiences of trans and gender diverse folks with HIV.

Midpoint review of the State HIV strategy.

Closure period December 20th through to January 2nd and wish our members and supporters a happy and prosperous 2025.

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Janet and Macca are joined live on-air by GED KEARNEY MP, ASSIST. MIN. FOR HEALTH AND AGED CARE ASSIST. MIN. FOR INDIGENOUS HEALTH

‘SYSTEM-WIDE’ CHANGE: 10-YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR BETTER LGBTIQA+ HEALTH

The Albanese Labor Government has today released an Australian-first roadmap to improve the health and wellbeing of the LGBTIQA+ community.

The National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People sets out an ambitious plan to improve the care and support LGBTIQA+ people receive and deliver better physical and mental health outcomes across the community.

The National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People sets out an ambitious plan to improve the care and support LGBTIQA+ people receive and deliver better physical and mental health outcomes across the community.

Accompanying the release of the Action Plan is a $15.5 million investment to kick-start system-wide improvements to give LGBTIQA+ people access to safe, appropriate and stigma-free health and wellbeing care.

Research has found LGBTIQA+ people experience significant health disparities in comparison to the wider community. One in three LGBTIQA+ people rate their health as poor or fair and three in four have experienced a mental health condition.

To address these disparities, the Action Plan will guide government action to make safe, inclusive and high-quality health care available to all LGBTIQA+ people. The key areas of focus will be:

• building system-wide leadership and cultural change
• strengthening preventive health and building health literacy
• enhancing accessibility, availability and safety of health care services
• ensuring workforce capability and capacity across both mainstream and LGBTIQA+ led services, and
• improving research, data and evaluation.

To support the implementation of the Action Plan, the Albanese Labor Government has made a series of investments, including:

• Establishing a $13 million grants program to scale up dedicated LGBTIQA+ services and support successful initiatives that build the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ communities.
• Investing $2 million to collect data to underpin priority areas for action through La Trobe University’s ‘Private Lives’ and ‘Writing Themselves In’ health and wellbeing surveys.
• Providing $500,000 to expand InterAction for Health and Human Rights InterLink program, a community-led professional psychosocial support service for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

The Action Plan is the result of the largest national consultation into LGBTIQA+ wellbeing ever undertaken by any Australian government. Guided by an expert advisory group, and chaired by Assistant Minister Ged Kearney, the Action Plan was co-designed with community members, health care providers and key LGBTIQA+ community organisations.

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Zoe is on to discuss parliament updates.

Government’s Early Childhood Education announcement.

• The top of Zoe’s Christmas wish list – ban gambling ads! Now!
• Year 12’s finishing school – get Zoe to talk about what she was like back then. Did she know she wanted to be a journalist? Her son has just finished school.

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• There was a violent homophobic attack in Melbourne last week, can you tell us about that?
• What’s happening with mpox?

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https://theconversation.com/new-research-77-of-lgbtq-young-people-have-faced-workplace-sexual-harassment-244735

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Some of the topics discussed with Misha, New media funding & News Media Bargaining Code announced Thursday. Facebook, Google.

The recent the antisemitic attacks, Josh Burns, Dutton and Albanese. Peter Dutton’s attack on the Aboriginal flag and the Opposition’s Nuclear policy. Rupert Murdock loses court battle over the family trust scandal and Childcare reform.

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New research reveals 97 percent of adult Australians have poor or limited ability to verify information online

A new report, jointly released today by the University of Canberra (UC), Western Sydney University, QUT and RMIT University, reveals that 97 percent of adult Australians have poor or limited ability to verify information online.

The report also found that more than three-quarters (78 percent) of research participants reported encountering misinformation during a one-week diary study. Of those who did see misinformation, they encountered on average 7.5 examples of misinformation per week.

Lead author Professor Sora Park, from UC’s News and Media Research Centre, said the findings reveal a concerning situation – Australians are encountering large volumes of misinformation every week, but few have the skills to fact-check what they’re seeing.

“The sheer volume of information online and the speed at which new information travels can be overwhelming and very difficult to navigate,” Professor Park said.

In the study, participants were presented with a four-part test of their ability to verify the information in four pieces of media: two social media posts and two website pages.

“Of our research participants, 45 percent showed no ability at all to identify misinformation, and 52 percent had emerging ability. Only 3 percent of those studied could be classed as having a more developed ability,” Professor Park said.

“Even among those who felt confident that they could check if information they found online is true, a large proportion got all the answers wrong across all four tasks.”

Education was an important factor related to the respondents’ ability to verify information online, as was news and information consumption habits.

Dr Sora Park is Professor of Communication and Professorial Research Fellow at the News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra. She is internationally recognised as an expert in digital media users and media policy, with a special focus on news consumers and digital inclusion. She has an outstanding record of grants management and research translation, producing more than 200 academic publications (4 books, 10 book chapters, 4 edited volumes, 80+ journal articles, 50+ refereed conference papers, 40+ research reports, 5 public submissions and 2 other publications) and over 70+ invited talks and presentations.

Sora is a major contributor to the field of Communication and Media Studies in Australia and internationally, notably as the former Associate Dean of Research at the Faculty of Arts & Design, Director of the News & Media Research Centre, the Chair of Media Industry Studies Interest Group, International Communication Association (ICA) and the President of Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (2019-2021)

https://www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/media/media-releases/2024/december/new-research-reveals-97-percent-of-adult-australians-have-poor-or-limited-ability-to-verify-information-online

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The outstanding achievements of Victorians that promote the rights and inclusion of people with disability have been celebrated at the 2024 Victorian Disability Awards.

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A proud member and advocate of the LGBTIQ+ community, Angus was Co-Convenor of Rainbow Labor in Queensland before making the move to Sydney. Angus’ personal journey, coupled with his experience working in social portfolios supporting marginalised and disadvantaged Australians, engendered within him a deep and enduring sense of compassion and empathy. Angus is driven by these experiences and is highly motivated by the work he does to support the important social and societal change being driven by his clients.

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https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov/13/catholic-church-australian-high-court-ruling-priest-abuse-liability-overturned-ntwnfb

The Catholic church has won a landmark case limiting its liability for the abuse of children by priests not under its direct employment.

Lawyers immediately warned the case could have “far-reaching” consequences for abuse survivors and called for legislative change to ensure institutions were held to account.

Last year, Victoria’s highest court delivered an unprecedented ruling that the church was vicariously responsible for the abuse of a five-year-old child, known as DP, by assistant priest Father Bryan Coffey.

Vicarious liability is typically used to hold employers responsible for the wrongful or negligent actions of their employees during the course of their employment – regardless of whether the employer was at fault.

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