Lawyers Weekly, 02 June 2017 The Law Society of South Australia has voiced its support for a bill to decriminalise sex work in the state. The select committee into the decriminalisation of sex work delivered its final report earlier this week, in the culmination of a two-year consultation process. After a vote of four to three, the committee recommended that the bill, which will come before the...
Australian Journal of Pharmacy online, 15 Feb, 2017 The Medicines Classification Committee recommendation follows an application by Green Cross Health and Natalie Gauld Ltd to have the contraceptives downscheduled from prescription to “restricted” medicines. Medsafe Group Manager Chris James says this will mean pharmacists can sell up to six months’ supply of oral contraceptives to women who meet...
Health Consumers Alliance of South Australia, 2017 The Department for Health and Ageing is seeking feedback on a proposed patient access pathway for medical cannabis in South Australia. A discussion paper has been released which proposes a patient access pathway including amendments to South Australian controlled substances legislation, to ensure national consistency towards safe and appropriate...
nam/aidsmap, 26 April 2016
Between April 2015 and February 2016, almost 28,000 people have paid £29.95 for a kit allowing them to test for HIV at home, according to a presentation at the British HIV Association conference in Manchester last week. Marketing on Grindr has been important to driving sales, which have been concentrated in non-urban areas.
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nam/aidsmap, 29 January 2016 Several large sexual health clinics in London and Brighton have responded to the growing numbers of people importing PrEP medications from overseas by offering free safety monitoring to PrEP users. This is in a context of increasing frustration with the slowness of the official NHS process to approve PrEP – no decision will be made until June at the earliest. Read...
774 ABC Melbourne Posted Fri at 12:58pm An organisation representing sex workers says a review of regulations in Victoria does not address the needs of people working in the industry. Consumer Affairs Victoria is reviewing the regulations governing sex work in the state, which are due to expire later this year. The Vixen Collective’s Jane Green said sex workers were disappointed the review...