Learn how to navigate HIV related legal and migration frameworks in Australia. This online version of our Know Your Rights workshop is presented in partnership with Q+Law. It builds on Living Positive Victoria’s guide to legal issues in Victoria and the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre’s Positive Migration Guide. At this workshop you will: Learn about legal...
This year's International AIDS Candlelight Memorial global theme is 'Don't forget to remember'. We reflect on this, the 40th anniversary of the first Candlelight Memorial in Melbourne and invite community members to join us in acknowledging this milestone and opportunity to meet friends and peers in commemorating this important event. This year’s International AIDS Candlelight...
Learn how to navigate HIV related legal and migration frameworks in Australia. Want to feel more confident navigating HIV-related legal and migration frameworks in Australia? Join us for our online Know Your Rights workshop! This session is ideal for anyone new to understanding their rights in Australia or looking to better grasp the migration system....
Living Positive Victoria is thrilled to invite all healthcare workers living with HIV to join us for the inaugural Positive Health Care Workers Network (PHCWN) Webinar. This event is open to a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, aged care workers, disability support workers, and dentists. We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Olivia Hollingdrake as...
What can unions do to protect, advise and advocate for HIV-positive healthcare workers? Join the Positive Health Care Workers Network for its second Tea Room webinar, featuring guest speaker Tara Nipe. Tara is a registered nurse with more than 25 years of clinical experience. She currently works as a Professional Officer at the Australian Nursing...
World AIDS Day is a day to show support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people we have lost to the epidemic. World AIDS Day is recognised internationally with many countries marking the day with events to raise public awareness of HIV and AIDS care, treatment, research and prevention. This years theme is:...
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE as of 26 March 2026: Due to expected wet weather on Saturday, 28 March 2026, we will be moving our gathering to the Positive Living Centre, 51 Commercial Road, South Yarra. We will meet at the centre at 11am. Pause, take a deep breath, reconnect with nature, and enjoy a scrumptious picnic with...
Join us for the third Tea Room webinar with Dr Tristan Barber, a leading voice in HIV medicine and advocacy. Dr Barber (he/them) is a Consultant Physician in HIV Medicine at the Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Health, University College London, and Chair of the British...
Peer Magic: The Power of Connection, Care and Lived Experience 2026 marks 41 years since the first International AIDS Candlelight Memorial was held in Melbourne. This year we recognise the vital role of peers in the response to HIV and AIDS with the theme Peer Magic: The Power of Connection, Care and Lived Experience. Join...
Join Living Positive Victoria and Latrobe University as we report findings from our Australian-first study into the experiences of trans and gender diverse people living with HIV. In an Australian first, this qualitative study investigated the experiences of trans and gender diverse people living with HIV, focusing on Victoria. It included experiences of navigating health...