Tony Lupton - Speech
World Aids Day
5 December 2007
Last Saturday, 1 December, was World AIDS Day, and I was very pleased to be able to be part of the World AIDS Day concert which took place at Federation Square and to speak at that event, along with the Parliamentary Secretary for Human Services, the member for Derrimut; the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr John So, and the acting director of the Burnet Institute, Professor Mark Hogarth. There were many great performers who provided entertainment at the concert, and I want to congratulate the Burnet Institute, the Department of Human Services, the City of Melbourne and other sponsors who made the event such a success. I would certainly encourage many more people to attend such a worthwhile event in future years.
On the preceding day, Friday, 30 November, here at Parliament house I also launched an AIDS awareness week on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS in Victoria. We heard from some speakers who speak to public gatherings on behalf of the PLWHA (People Living with HIV/AIDS) Speakers Bureau, which is involved in training speakers under the leadership of Jo Pearson. We heard a particularly moving story from one young girl who was born with HIV. I commend the PLWHA organisation on the particularly important work it is doing in the community.
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