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6 Apr 2016

VAC Board Elects New President – The Plight of Homeless LGBTI Youth

News & Politics

Last night the Victorian AIDS Council held a board meeting to elect a new President. With high expectations over the transformative nature of PrEP, greater demands on the organisations resources as VAC expands into regional Victoria and South Australia and with $15M cash in the bank following the sale of their South Yarra Head Quarters – what lays ahead for the Victorian AIDS Council?  VAC’s new president is Chad Hughes joins The Informer.

This podcast features and extended interview with David Lewis from ABC Radio National’s Background Briefing where he discusses his recent report which highlighted the plight of homeless LGBTI youth.

We also cross to the United Kingdom to chat to Pink News’ Bobby Rae for what is happening in Europe and abroad.

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