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Webinar: International Harm Reduction
In this webinar we explore how Australia can better uphold the health and human rights of people who use drugs both at home and globally.
Jude Byrne Award Recipients Lead Inspiring Narcofeminism Webinar with AIVL
This article was originally published on inhsu.org.au Applications are now open for the 2025 Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award, and we were proud to see so many past recipients front and centre at a powerful recent webinar hosted by the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL), focused on the global narcofeminist movement. The […]
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Drug Policy and the Federal Election: Where the Parties Stand
The federal election is this Saturday, Saturday 3 May 2025. Here’s where the parties stand on some major drug policy issues. AIVL asked registered parties for the upcoming Federal Election a series of questions about key issues identified by our community. Not all parties responded or answered every question, so in some cases, we supplemented […]
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Physicians Call for Health-First Approach to Drug Policy in New Position Statement
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has published a position statement that focuses on the need for an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to drug policy that includes education, harm prevention and reduction, and treatment.
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Which PrEP Medication Is Best For Me?
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Interactions With Hormone Therapy and Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs)
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Interactions With Drugs Used In Chemsex
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Managing HIV & Treatments For Medicare Excluded Communities
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Internalised Stigma & Stigma In Other Manifestations
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Webinar: Women & Nonbinary People Who Use Drugs Should Be Included in Feminism
In this webinar we reflect on the historical exclusion of women who use drugs from traditional feminist spaces and advocacy.
Experience Matters: Emerging Drugs and Trends
Experience Matters: Drug User Organisations
Experience Matters: Ethical Collaboration
Reporting on Harm Reduction & People Who Use Drugs
Experience Matters Episode #1 Emerging Drugs and Trends
Nitazenes, a synthetic opioid that can be up to 50 times stronger than fentanyl, is increasingly being found in unexpected substances like cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA across Australia. In this episode, we explore how drug policy, particularly prohibition, shapes emerging drug trends and how we respond to them to reduce harm.
HIV and what it does
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Leading the Way: A Peer-Led National Research Strategy for People Who Use Drugs
The start of 2025 has been an exciting time for AIVL’s National Research Program. At the heart of these developments is the establishment of the AIVL National Research Strategy Working Group, a critical step toward the creation of Australia’s first National Research Strategy for People Who Use Drugs, by People Who Use Drugs. No such […]
Human Rights and Drug Policy: Summary Report of Project Findings and Recommendations
A recent four-year national research project by La Trobe University has made significant recommendations to reshape Australia’s drug policies. The project advocates for the legalisation of certain drugs and calls for increased funding and support for organisations led by people who use drugs.
Webinar: People Who Use Drugs Make Excellent Parents
In this webinar, our speakers challenged harmful discrimination, broke down the evidence, and explored the real stories behind the stigma.
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Celebrating Excellence: Inaugural AIVL Network Awards Recipients 2024
Congratulations to the inaugural AIVL Network Awards recipients! These awards marked an emotional and unforgettable moment as we recognised and celebrated the remarkable contributions of these outstanding individuals and programs within our community.
The Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug User League (AIVL) Network Awards
The awards are an opportunity to celebrate the talent of our peer workforce and their vital contributions to advancing harm reduction practices and principles.
Celebrate International Drug Users Day 2024: Resources and Reflections
November 1 marks International Drug Users Day (IDUD)—a day for community, connection and celebration for people who use drugs worldwide—challenging the stigma and discrimination that erodes our access to healthcare, safety, self-determination and freedom. This year we want to reaffirm that the war on drugs is a war on people who use drugs. Despite widespread […]
Understanding and Responding to People Who Use Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs
An increasing number of individuals who use steroids and other performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDS) are accessing Needle and Syringe Programs for injecting equipment. Watch this online training webinar to learn more about PIEDs and how to effectively support those who use them.
Webinar: Understanding and Responding to People Who Use Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs
Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) are the fastest growing drug category reflected in NSP statistics across Australia.
Join Us at the Health and Human Rights Summit: Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs
A full-day event designed to bring together community members, advocates, individuals, and organisations.
Health and Human Rights Summit – Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs
This three-day event brought together AIVL Member Organisations, Affiliate Members, partners, and allies to engage in presentations, workshops, and panel discussions focused on the health and human rights of people who use drugs.
Introducing PACE: A Creative Movement for Artists Who Use Drugs
Are you a person who uses drugs? Do you express your creativity through painting, photography, installations, street art, poems, or songs? If so, PACE (Peer Arts Collective Exhibition) invites you to be part of a project that celebrates creativity, connection, and the power of expression.
Overdose Awareness Day
For Overdose Awareness Day 2024, we explore the barriers and successes in naloxone provision, with insights from Australia and Portugal’s community distribution efforts.
World Hepatitis Day
AIVL hosted a webinar to discuss how we can carry forward the lessons learned from our past to protect the health and freedom of our diverse community in the future.
Terms of Use
No one likes using the dirties – A study into the re-use of injecting equipment in Australia
Hepatitis C and Prison: The Key Issues
A needs analysis for people living with HCV after leaving custodial settings in Australia
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A Hidden Population: Healthy Ageing
Development of a National Peer Work Framework
Working to develop a comprehensive framework and guide for the employment of people who use drugs in harm reduction peer positions.
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Support. Don’t Punish
AIVL hosted an online forum to discuss and platform some of the local and international services, systems, advocacy and policies that are working to advance the health, wellbeing and human rights of people who use drugs.
The Being Real Project: Drug User Organisations working with Aboriginal people who use drugs and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations
Ethical issues for research involving injecting/illicit drug users
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Eliminate violence against women and gender diverse people who use drugs
Highlighting the need to end violence against women and gender diverse people who use drugs and improve drug policies from a feminist, human rights and harm reduction perspective.
Spotlight on Overdose
Drug-related overdose impacts everyone. Each year, around 2000 people die of overdose in Australia. That means, a person dies of a drug-related overdose almost every 4 hours, while many more experience non-fatal overdose.
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Victoria scraps proposed second injecting room
Diane Lloyd is a fierce advocate for her community. Loudly and fearlessly sharing her experiences and working tirelessly for the rights of people living with HIV, specifically for people who inject drugs, as an advocate and mentor.
Advocacy
We platform the voice of our community to advance the wellbeing, health and human rights of people who use drugs illicitly in Australia.
A Normal Day
This course focuses on creating better communication and clinical interactions between people who use drugs and medical professionals, breaking down some of the stigma, discrimination, and other barriers preventing equitable access to services for people who use drugs, along with challenging common misconceptions around people who use drugs and drug use.
*Some of the language and terminology used in this course, whilst standing as a true transcript of the audio files, is outdated and not reflective of present best practice language guides. We encourage you to use the resource ‘Language matters’ which can be downloaded in the resource section.*
A conversation with Diane Lloyd for World Aids Day
Diane Lloyd is a fierce advocate for her community. Loudly and fearlessly sharing her experiences and working tirelessly for the rights of people living with HIV, specifically for people who inject drugs, as an advocate and mentor.
Women who use drugs are particularly demonised and judged
Ele, our Director of Advocacy, was invited to speak on a panel for International Women’s Day. She was asked the following question
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Vein Care Guide
Afternoons with Max Marshall: Short Film
Posters: co-designed with Mob who use NSPs
Peer Workforce Capacity Building Training Framework
Report: “Why wouldn’t I discriminate against all of them?”
Information For People On Opioid Treatment: Methadone, Suboxone, Subutex, & Buprenorphine Injections
Type Administration method Dosing frequency Brand names Methadone Liquid – Taken as a drink Daily Methadone Syrup® Biodone Forte Solution® Buprenorphine Sublingual – A tablet that dissolves under the tongue Once every 1 to 3 days Subutex® Buprenorphine-naloxone Sublingual – A film that dissolves under the tongue Once every 1 to 3 days Suboxone® Long-acting injectable […]
Injecting Involves Blood – Be ‘Blood Aware’
Needle and Syringe Programs In Australia: Peer-led Best Practice (The Guide)
National Peer Summit
The National Peer Summit brought together The AIVL Network from across Australia. Providing a space for meaningful dialogue, idea exchange, and strategising for a bright future led by people who use drugs.
The Australian State of Harm Reduction
On International Harm Reduction Day AIVL hosted an online forum to talk about ‘Harm Reduction’ in Australia.
International Drug Users Day
For our International Drug Users Day Celebration we invited members of The AIVL Network and guests from our community to have dinner in a relaxed, safe and celebratory space.
Changes To The Opioid Dependence Treatment Program: Consumers Forum
This online forum was for people on or interested in Opioid Dependence Treatment in Australia.
Stigma Conference
The inaugural Australian Stigma Conference was held on the 17th of November 2022, in the Great Hall at the Australian Parliament House. The forum-style conference brought together policymakers, healthcare professionals and people who use drugs to engage in dialogue and hear about how stigma impacts people who use drugs.
Changes To The Opioid Dependence Treatment Program: Implications for Access and Transitional Arrangements
This online forum was for people working within Opioid Dependence Treatment in Australia.
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AIVL Resources
AIVL has a variety of resources on harm reduction, hepatitis C, the impact of stigma and discrimination and more
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CAHMA & The Connection: Working with women who use drugs & are involved with Child Protection
AIVL recently yarned with Monica Ruffy about her work through CAHMA and The Connection with a peer-based support group for mothers who use drugs, based in Canberra: The Jude Byrne Women’s Group, A group for women with AOD and Care and Protection involvement.
Campaign to eliminate violence against women and gender diverse people who use drugs
Women and gender diverse people who use drugs are subject to extreme levels and a wide range of violence due to patriarchal norms combined with punitive prohibition of some drugs.
What are nitazenes and why are they being found in heroin and ketamine in Australia?
If you’ve been keeping yourself up to date with drug alerts coming out of Canberra’s CanTEST facility then you’ve most likely seen recent drug alerts about the detection of novel synthetic opioid Metonitazene and more generally, Nitazenes.
Interview with DJ Bardi Girl from Deadly Human Rights show, Koori Radio
A yarn with DJ Bardi Girl, host of Koori Radios Deadly Human Rights Show.
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Experience Matters Episode #2 Drug User Organisations
Many people living in Australia don’t know what a Drug User Organisation is. In this episode, we have brought together the voices of harm reductionists, advocates, researchers, and our community to share why they think Drug User Organisations are important and what can be done to provide more support for them to continue their work into the future.
Where is the Liver?
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Ageing with care, autonomy and dignity
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1. Ageing with care, autonomy and dignity
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Introduction- What is Hepatitis?
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Experience Matters Episode #3 Ethical Collaboration
People who use drugs and Drug User Organisations have been fighting for ethical collaboration throughout our history, to be genuinely respected as people with expertise and allowed to lead the responses that affect our community. In this episode, we learn about ethical collaboration from the community in a range of settings and with different partners.
What Does the Liver do?
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HIV & AIDS
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Understanding older drug users
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New South Wales
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Hepatitis C Pathways: A Harm Reduction Guide for Community Wellness
This short course covers information about living with hepatitis C, preventing hepatitis C transmission, testing and treatment.
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Stigma & Discrimination
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Effects of Hepatitis on the Liver
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A Place Of Their Own
This training aims to raise awareness of ageing people who use drugs and their particular needs, so we can equip our aged care workforce and facilities with better skills, knowledge and support to care for older people who use drugs.
Why not ‘simply stop?’
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Episode #1 – In conversation with Esha Leydon from QuIHN
We speak with peer harm reduction worker Esha Leydon about vein advice and hepatitis C treatment and get some insights about her work at the NSP.
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Nonfunctioning Liver
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Episode #2 – Jude Byrne in conversation with Geoff Ward from CAHMA
Geoff tells us about the services CAHMA provides to the community, the CAHMA volunteer program and some of the important issues facing illicit drug users.
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Episode #3 – Part 1 – Jude Byrne at INSHU (International Network of Hepatitis in Substance Users)
A chat about INHSU’s peer community day, its involvement with the conference and the important issues that came out of it.
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Episode #3 – Part 2 – Lauren Bradley at INHSU (International Network of Hepatitis in Substance Users)
A candid chat about Canada, the INHSU conference, some messages regarding harm reduction in custodial settings and big impressions!
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Monkey Pox (Mpox) Vaccination
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Hepatitis C treatment and Prevention & Ongoing drug use in aged care settings
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What is Liver Fibrosis?
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PrEP & PEP Navigation For People Who Use Drugs
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Innovative Models of Care
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What is Liver Cirrhosis
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HIV & Illicit Drug Use
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A Place of their own
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Hepatitis C and your Diet
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Safer Using & Being Blood Aware
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Honest Conversations
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Does what I eat matter?
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HIV Antibodies Test (ELISA)
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Victoria
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How Hepatitis C can affect your Diet
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Pre & Post Test Discussions
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Your Action Plan
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HIV Treatments
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Managing HIV & Treatments
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Supporting PWUD With Contact Tracing
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What is Sustained Virological Response and Why is it good?
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HIV & Disclosure
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Self Advocacy in the HIV Health Care Space
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HIV Stigma
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How does Hepatitis affect the liver?
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U=U and Injecting Drug Use
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ART Therapy & Access to People Who Use Drugs
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2. A workforce who need support and training
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Services Directory
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Module 1: WHat is Hepatitis C (HCV)
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Episode 1: Test dummy 101
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Episode 1: Just a sign
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Module 1: Opioid Epidemic and History of Overdose Response
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3. Pharmacotherapy and Pain Treatment
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Module 2: Your rights and responsibilities with HCV
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Episode 2: At Typical day in the waiting room
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Module 2: Opioids and Overdose
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Hepatitis Transmission for PWID
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4. Hepatitis C treatment and prevention
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Module 3: Test results
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Episode 3: Just your run of the mill small talk
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Module 3: Overdose Response and Naloxone Administration
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Monitoring Disease Progression (Acknowledging interferon)
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5. Access to clinical staff and funding
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Module 4: Disclosure and Discrimination
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Episode 4: The simple act of renewing a script
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Module 4: Implementing OEND Programs
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Liver Regeneration
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What is liver fibrosis?
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6. A Place of Their Own
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Module 5: HCV Treatment
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Episode 5: An ordinary trip to the pharmacy
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Hepatitis C and Diet
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What is liver cirrhosis?
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Module 6: Living with HCV
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Module 7: Vaccination (Hep A & Hep B)
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Liver Scans and testing
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Module 8: HIV/ HCV Co-Infection
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Impact of SVR on Hepatitis C and Liver
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Module 9: PrEP & PEP
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Hepatitis C and Opiate Constipation
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Module 10: What can PWUD & PWID Do to Prevent Hepatitis C and HIV?
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Stress and Liver function
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