News and Media Releases

Media Releases

Rapid HIV Tests Long Overdue

New HIV Prevention Workers Welcomed, but No Substitute for Gay Men's Peer Education

Healthy Communities Discusses Risk Reduction

Condoman & Lubelicious Fighting HIV in Qld

Springborg: HIV Misinformation

Healthy Communities Appoints First Female President

Healthy Communities Commemorates World AIDS Day

More PEP Needed in HIV Prevention

HIV Reduced in Queensland in 2011 but Increased Nationally

HIV Prevention Can’t Happen in a Clinical Vacuum

The Grim Reaper - We Shouldn't Be Making This Ad (Again)

Save Healthy Communities media releases

The truth about HIV infections  (May 23)

Impact of funding cuts to Healthy Communities (May 23)

Funding cut to Queensland's LGBT health organisation (May 20)

Quick guide to the funding cut (May 21)

International call for support (May 20)

Healthy Communities funding facts (May 20)

Response to Health Minister Lawrence Springborg's press release (May 20)

Save Healthy Communities in the news

Brisbane Times: Gay rights advocates question LNP's motives (May 21)

The Cairns Post: Queensland Association for Healthy Communities gay health funding axed (May 21)

ABC online: Funding cut to sexual health group 'unfair' (May 21)

The Sunshine Coast Daily: Gay health group shock (May 21)

ABC 612 Brisbane: Interview with executive director Paul Martin and Health Minister Lawrence Springborg (May 21)

Gay News Network: Newman Govt cuts funding to Healthy Communities (May 21)

Same Same: Dark times for Queensland (May 21)

Joy FM: Interview with executive director Paul Martin (download) (May 20)

Joy FM news bulletin (May 20)

QNews: New AIDS Council for Queensland (May 19)

Herald Sun: Urgent action on HIV needed, Doctors claim (May 20)

 

Healthy Communities in the news

Queensland Pride: Katter controversy on air (March 20)

Gay News Network: Katter Party ad prompts outrage (March 12)

Star Observer: Labor offering 'nothing new' (March 8)

City News: First in line for a civil union (February 24)

Star Observer: Sexual Health Week kicks off (February 14)

Pink News: Gay tea launched in Australia (February 27)

Star Observer: LGBT training in Cairns (February 17)

The Courier-Mail's Christmas: Time for Giving feature

World AIDS Day feature in the Townsville Sun

World AIDS Day feature in the Cairns Sun


Older press releases

2012

17 August Down but not Out - Healthy Communities Survives Funding Cut

11 August Rip&Roll Returns for 3rd Year

9 July 2012 Advisory Committee Welcome, But Questions Still Remain

26 June Continuing to Promote the Health and Wellbeing of LGBT Queenslanders

22 June Concern Grows for Mental Health of LGBT Queenslanders

12 June Healthy Communities Welcomes Decision to Keep Civil Partnerships

3 April Healthy Communities Releases New Strategic Plan

20 March LGBT Issues: Where the parties stand

12 March Katter's Hate Group Strikes Again

28 February Nothing New from Labor for LGBT Community

14 February Sexual Health Awareness Week

 8 February Thanks go to Katter's Australian Party for Promoting Gay Safe Sex

27 January  Speak Out for LGBT Equality in Queensland Election

2011

1 December Civil Partnerships a Win for All Queenslanders

30 November Call for Multi-party Election Guarantees for HIV 

28 November Call for Queensland to Support Suicide Prevention for LGBTI People

27 October While Politicians Bicker, LGBT Queenslanders Still Suffer

26 October LNP Misses Opportunity to Show Support for LGBT Queenslanders

24 October Civil Union Commitment Welcomed

21 October 2011 Speak Out for Equality

February 2011 Cairns National Condom Day

7 January 2011 Vagina Monologues Fundraising Performance for Brisbane

2010

28 May 2010 Queensland Government Continues to Neglect Gay & Lesbian Seniors

19 April 2010 Improving the Lives of LGBT Queenslanders: a call to action

10 February 2010 Love Makes A Family

9 September 2009 Mixed News on HIV

18 August 2009 Legal recognition of Same-Sex Families Welcomed

7 August Dorothy Pratt: Apologise or be Censured

7 August Gay Couples Should Allowed to Adopt

31 July 2009 Marriage Equality is Good for Health

12 March 2008  350,000 Forgotten Voters

22 December 2008 Time to Record Our Histories

10 December QAHC is Working for Women

11 November 2008 Money Available for LGBT Projects

8 September 2008 Sunshine Coast Pride Fair

25 July 2008 Safe Sex is Respect

24 June 2008 Gays Concerned about Ageing and Lack of Care

30 May 2008 Money Available for LGBT Groups

29 May 2008 Volunteers Change Our World

30 April 2008 Same Sex Entitlements

14 March 2008 Gays Thank Sunshine Coast Residents for Support

Stop the Drama Downunder

The Young, The Ageing and The Restless

HIV Reduction Encouraging

Funding Extended for HIV, Hepatitis C & Sexual Health Services

Call to Boost Sexual Health Education

Support for Diversity Education

Same Sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry Comes to Queensland

An LGBT Community Resource Centre for North Queensland?

QAHC Questions Politicians on LGBT Issues

QuAC becomes QAHC