Nationals MP supports revitalised HIV response

From the July 2008 issue of Positive Living • By David Menadue

In a welcome intervention to put HIV on the agenda of federal parliament, Nationals MP for Riverina, Kay Hull, moved a private member’s bill in the House of Representatives on June 23, asking for bipartisan support for a revitalised response to HIV in Australia.

“We have now seen four strategies. My belief is that we are now heavy on rhetoric and principles but we are most definitely lacking leadership and drive in the delivery of a real HIV Strategy,” she said.

Hull’s motion was supported by Yvette D’Ath (Labor, Petrie) who assured the House that, “the Rudd Labor government is committed to reinvigorating the partnerships between governments, researchers, clinicians and affected communities.”

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This article was first published in July 2008.

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