CONGRESSES AND CONVENTIONS – VICTORIA

Albanese to dodge unions’ walkout

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Original article by Ewin Hannan, John Ferguson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 8 : 15-Nov-19

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has refuted claims that he will not attend the party’s Victorian state conference on 16-17 November because unions planned to stage a mass walkout when he gave the keynote speech. Albanese says the decision was made several months ago, while Deputy Leader Richard Marles will be at the conference but has declined to deliver the keynote speech. The proposed walkout by unions that are aligned with Labor’s Left faction is primarily in response to the party’s support for free-trade agreements with Indonesia, Hong Kong and Peru.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MARITIME, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, ACTU, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Neuroplasticity at work: video games to boost children’s brains

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Original article by Hannah Francis
The Age – Page: 10 : 2-Sep-14

Alzheimer Australia will stage its "Technology and Dementia" forum in Melbourne on 2 September 2014. One of the key speakers is neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley, head of the University of California, San Francisco’s Neuroscape Labs. He will argue that both young people and the elderly can benefit from playing certain types of video games that foster neuroplasticity, or the permanent strengthening of specific neural pathways. Neuroscape Labs is developing such software for children

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, ALZHEIMER’S AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED

Cancer drug breakthrough ‘kicks’ HIV from hiding

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Original article by Julia Medew
The Age – Page: 3 : 23-Jul-14

Experts on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) on 22 July 2014 heard from Aarhus University Hospital’s Ole Sogaard at the 20th International AIDS conference in Melbourne. He reported good results in using the romidepsin cancer drug to lure the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a patient’s bloodstream. Once this has occurred, the immune system can attack the HIV cells, if aided by the Vacc-4x experimental vaccine

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UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS|UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA|BIOSANTECH SA

New drug regimen gives hope to millions

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Original article by Julia Medew
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 7 : 22-Jul-14

A new treatment called PaMZ has been shown to fight tuberculosis (TB) while still allowing anti-retroviral drugs to be used that target the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The 20th international congress on the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Melbourne on 21 July 2014 heard from Global TB Alliance senior medical officer Daniel Everitt on the promising clinical trials. TB accounts for about 20% of all deaths among those suffering from HIV or AIDS. PaMZ may be widely available from 2018

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GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR TB DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Victoria to change Crimes Act on HIV

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Original article by Julia Medew
The Age – Page: 10 : 21-Jul-14

Victorian Health Minister David Davis has foreshadowed the repeal of section 19A of the Crimes Act 1958, which currently makes it an offence to knowingly transmit the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The announcement at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne on 20 July 2014 was applauded by anti-HIV discrimination campaigner and ex-High Court judge Michael Kirby. Victoria is the only Australian state to have such a law

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VICTORIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, GLOBAL COMMISSION ON HIV AND THE LAW