Positive Futures

Women in custodial settings face numerous challenges when returning to the community. Pia from Women's Legal Service Tasmania sits down to discuss some of these challenges and the help she and her team can provide.    WLST supports all women including anyone who identifies as a woman, is non-binary, gender fluid, or anyone who has a gender experience that makes accessing support from a women’...

The JustACE program is an initiative of the Brain Injury Association of Tasmania, to help those people in the custodial system who may need extra support. Justine joins us for a chat about their program. 

The next three episodes will cover an exciting new project that we have undertaken to help some of our most vulnerable community members as they head back into the community from custodial settings. 

Welcome back to another series of Positive Futures. Our first episode for this year is all about the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) and how it is helping reduce harm and save lives. 

Listen in to the final epsiode of the HIV miniseries with Dr Peta Gardam, a clinician at the frontline of HIV care, to discuss the latest in testing and treatment options for HIV. 

Join us for a look at HIV law in Australia. We are joined by Dr David Carter, a legal scholar at UNSW and the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre. 

David O'keefe from Living Positive Victoria and coordinator of the positive speakers buruea joins the show to talk about the ways community organisations can help our most vulnerable. 

This episode investigates the role of research in our response to HIV management, featuring professor Martin Holt from the Centre for Social Research in Health.

Continuing the the role of research in HIV management, this episode features Curtis Chan from the Kirby Institute and his work to understand PrEP use in Australia.

In this episode I am joined by Dash Heath-Paynter, CEO of Health Equity Matters, to talk about the importance of advocacy and how national organisations like this are helping positive change happen in Australia and globally.