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From: Rob.Bates@p1.f381.n634.z3.fidonet.org (Rob Bates)
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Subject: Australian AIDS News
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Date: 27 Sep 89 19:47:09 GMT
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The following items of Australian AIDS News are reproduced with permission from  
Melbourne Star Observer #105, 22 September 1989 (C) MSO, and OZ Media Ltd.

FIRST NATIONAL QUILT TOUR

The Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt is to go on its first national tour starting  
with an unfoldng ceremony at the Fitzroy Town Hall in Melbourne on Saturday  
October 7.

The National Tour will finish on World AIDS Day, December 1, in Sydney.  The  
Quilt comprises panels made by friends and relatives of those who have died of  
AIDS.

WOMEN AND AIDS BOOK LAUNCHED

Women have been largely ignored as a group requiring specialised AIDS  
information. A booklet recently launched in Victoria by the Women & AIDS  
Project aims to counter this.

The need for specific information was identified through a national phone-in  
information campaign.

As well as basic information on HIV and infection control, the booklet  
discusses discrimination, talking to your doctor, pregnancy and breastfeeding,  
educating children about AIDS and living with HIV infection.

The booklet is available through the Women & AIDS Project +61 3 654 6831.

DINNER FOR AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF AIDS ORGANISATIONS MEDIA AWARDS

The 1989 AFAO/AIDS Trust of Australia Media Awards, for excellence in  
electronic and printed media coverage of AIDS, will take place at a dinner to  
be held in Melbourne on Saturday October 7.

The night will provide an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the positive  
role played by some media workers in AIDS prevention and general community  
awareness. A number of prominent speakers are being lined-up, including Justice  
Michael Kirby, an international authority on the legal and human rights  
implications of AIDS.

The dinner is to be held at the Exhibition Buildings with ticket prices at $50  
($90 for couples) by telephoning Laurie Martin on +61 3 419 9877.

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