There was a 30 per cent increase in new HIV diagnoses reported in Australia last year, the Kirby Institute reports.
Australia is experiencing a nationwide shortage of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a crucial medication used to prevent HIV, due to supply issues affecting multiple suppliers.
Drag performer Hannah Conda was crowned Entertainer of the Year at Sydney's 2024 Drag Industry Variety Awards (DIVAs) on Monday night.
The Albanese government has partially backflipped on a decision to exclude LGBTIQA+ questions in the 2026 census after backlash from across the political spectrum and from Australia's queer community.
The ministers accused the Coalition government of "playing politics" with the census after it was revealed in 2019 that LGBTIQ+ questions had been scrapped in the national survey after a Liberal minister "expressed a preference" about their potential inclusion.
The PM is facing the threat of being uninvited to the Sydney Mardi Gras and LGBTIQ+ people potentially boycotting the census over not honouring a commitment to allow them to declare their characteristics in the 2026 national survey.