Sean Parnell; 10/6/08
Health and community workers are pleading with the Rudd Government to take seriously the increase in HIV infections, warning that Australia faces “significant financial and social consequences” if it does not act. With the three-year National HIV/AIDS strategy due to end in weeks, and data showing new infections could climb by nearly 75 per cent, The Australian has obtained documents detailing concerns that the Government will mishandle the issue. In March, apparently at the request of Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s then chief of staff Mick Reid, the Government was given a 16-page document titled Actions to Restore Leadership and Revitalise Australia’s HIV response.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23838996-2702,00.html
