This booklet contains the relevant law on disclosure of HIV status as it applies in New South Wales as at 1 January 2008.

"Criminalisation is not and has never been an effective public health response to HIV prevention," says a statement endorsed by NAPWA and other Australian community secor organisations.

Is it acceptable to say that, in some situations, it is OK to look after your own interests when it comes to sex?

January and February this year were marked by a furore of sensationalist media about Hector Scott, a resident of the ACT who first appeared in the ACT Magistrates court charged with providing a commercial sexual service while knowing he was infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and failing to register as a sex worker.

The ACT government’s handling of a case involving an alleged HIV-positive sex worker has been clumsy, alarmist and has failed to follow basic public health guidelines, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said.

NAPWA positve women have recently endorsed new Terms of reference for the advisory group.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations in relation to routine HIV testing would contravene many US state laws requiring pre-test counselling and patient informed consent, according to an analysis published in October.

The arrest of a Melbourne man accused of deliberately transmitting HIV has generated national headlines and prompted accusations of mishandling of the case by Victorian public health authorities.

In separate cases, two men – one each in NSW and Queensland – have received lengthy jail sentences after being found guilty of crimes related to transmission of HIV to their partners.

HIV advocates in Victoria say they have strong concerns about proposals to reform the state's Public Health Act contained in a government discussion paper.