Another Year for Long Term Survivors

We have seen another year pass by in Tasmania, where Cost-of-Living issues, increased homelessness and more difficulty in accessing health services is impacting heavily on our Poz people in the State. And another year for heartfelt thanks for our HIV champion, Leader of the Green, Rosalie Woodruffe MP provided an excellent acknowledgement speech in Parliament. The full speech is found here.

Tasmanian Greens MPs | International HIV Long-Term Survivors Day (tasgreensmps.org)

Thankyou sincerely. We are so pleased to be heard at a time when our health system is failing our members, our major parties are neglecting the need for funding efforts to address the need and where many of our key milestones show no or little progress in the areas of education, HIV prevention, care and support, and peer intervention.

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PLT Update

 HIV Long Term Survivors Awareness Day 6 June   This is the first year we have joined the international groups honouring this day. We are so appreciative of Cassy O’Connor MP/ Leader of the Greens has delivered a speech to parliament on this special day. The link to her powerful speech can be found here https://tasmps.greens.org.au/parliament/hiv-survivors-awareness-day

Vale Wayne Priddle   We are very sad to hear that Wayne has died after a short illness. He was a Sydney boy who relocated to Hobart and found a place as a heritage gardener, astute political chatterer and a warm and humourous person. We thank him for all the support he has given PLT and offer condolences to his family and friends. There will be a gathering of people to honour his life. If you wish to attend please contact PLT and we will pass on details as they are known.

HIV Long Term Survivors Day

Let’s earmark 5 June this year to join the rest of the world in recognising the long-term HIV survivors. They have been living the pandemic for forty years now and have largely gone unnoticed. The impact on their lives has been, and continues to be significant.

This day has been set aside each year to honour and recognise these long term survivors and to raise awareness of the needs, issues and concerns. We will post further details regarding this important day