Liverwell

04/09/2025

Our Communications and Engagement Manager Alicia Stafford attended the Ethnolink summit last week, and enjoyed the fantastic presentations about creating meaningful communications for multicultural communities. This is especially relevant to our work at LiverWELL in raising awareness and improving health outcomes around liver health, and hepatitis B and C in diverse communities.

A wonderful event, thanks !

29/08/2025

Happy Wear It Purple Day! We are usually sporting purple here at LiverWELL but today it means something extra special. Today is about celebrating LGBTQ+ young people and making sure they have the support to stay healthy - and take care of their livers!

LGBTQ+ young people can face higher risks of hepatitis C because of stigma and barriers to care. The good news? Hepatitis C is preventable, treatable and curable. The best move is always to speak to your GP if you’re at risk or worried, and get tested.

Let’s create a world where every young person feels safe, supported, and healthy inside and out.

💜 Learn more about healthy living for young people here: https://liverwell.org.au/your-liver/healthy-living-guide-for-young-people/

💜 Find out more about Wear It Purple Day: https://www.wearitpurple.org/

29/08/2025

Happy Wear It Purple Day! We are usually sporting purple here at LiverWELL but today it means something extra special. Today is about celebrating LGBTQ+ young people and making sure they have the support to stay healthy - and take care of their livers!

LGBTQ+ young people can face higher risks of hepatitis C because of stigma and barriers to care. The good news? Hepatitis C is preventable, treatable and curable. The best move is always to speak to your GP if you’re at risk or worried, and get tested.

Let’s create a world where every young person feels safe, supported, and healthy inside and out.

💜 Learn more about healthy living for young people and Wear It Purple Day in our linktree.

21/08/2025

Thankyou for attending 💜

Great to join community advocates at Parliament for World Hepatitis Day to shine a light on viral hepatitis – a disease which impacts over 70,000 Victorians. I've taken the pledge to help eliminate hepatitis. To learn more, please visit: https://liverwell.org.au/

13/08/2025

Living with hepatitis B and visiting or migration to Australia? 🇦🇺

In most cases, this will not stop you from getting a temporary visa or permanent residency in Australia.

✅ Most people with hepatitis B meet the health requirements
✅ Diagnosis won't cancel your current visa
✅ Regular care is important for your health

⚕️ Extra steps may apply if you're planning to work or study in healthcare (doctor, nurse, dentist, paramedic).

💬 Tip: Always speak with a registered migration agent or lawyer for tailored advice, especially if you have other health conditions.

Read more here: https://loom.ly/sXk9Dvo

Source: Liverwell , +Law

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13/08/2025

To mark I joined the Make Vic Hep Free event at Parliament to stand with the 75,000 Victorians living with hepatitis B & C.

The cure for hepatitis C exists. Treatment for hepatitis B works.

But stigma, discrimination and inaccessible care still hold people back from getting the support they need to live well and stay well.

We heard powerful stories from people with lived experience and the incredible peer workers walking alongside them.

Their voices are leading the way - reminding us that healing doesn’t just happen in hospitals. It happens in community, when people feel safe, seen and supported.

Proud to sign the pledge to help us eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030 and to ensure every person, no matter who they are or where they live, can get the care they need.

08/08/2025

The final day of wrapped up on a high note, filled with energy, connection and important conversations.

From LiverWELL’s team, Ariane Boulanger shared key takeaways from Victoria’s Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, while Maddie Bolton and Alain Palines delivered presentations and led poster tours that showcased the vital role of lived experience in our work – from raising awareness through powerful community ambassador films to shaping our direction through the Lived Experience Advisory Committee (LEAC).

A heartfelt thank you to Mei Mak and Steven Taylor from LEAC for joining us and representing this voice so powerfully. ASHM

07/08/2025

Day 2 at - another fantastic day at the ASHM conference!

A special highlight for our team was seeing our own Tepy Hoeung honoured with the Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award, where she shared this invitation for the future:

"Let’s keep working together to build a future where no one should feel alone in their diagnosis, where stigma no longer stands in the way of care, and where lived experience is not just acknowledged or ticked off a box but truly centred part of policy and practice".

We are so proud of you Tepy! Thank you to ASHM and to those who nominated Tepy, for recognising her commitment to providing culturally safe, peer-led and inclusive care for people living with viral hepatitis.

06/08/2025

We’re here at ! Our team is proud to be part of this year’s ASHM Viral Hepatitis Conference, presenting in spotlight sessions, roundtables, and sharing poster displays. We are so excited to share insights and learn alongside others working toward hepatitis elimination! .

04/08/2025

Meet Paulie Stewart — musician, transplant recipient, youth worker, and one of our Hep Heroes.

In this short video filmed in 2024, Paulie shares his personal journey with hepatitis C, eventually leading to a life-saving liver transplant. His message is powerful: “Don’t put your head in the sand – get tested and act.”

Well known as a member of Melbourne band Painters and Dockers, Paulie now channels his advocacy through The Transplants — a band he co-founded to raise awareness about organ donation and liver health. He uses his voice to challenge stigma and support others on similar health journeys.

Watch, share, and help raise awareness.

https://youtu.be/Vf87X7tsVnY?si=hS-9ON7K2Y7tnEh5

Meet Paulie Stewart — musician, transplant recipient, youth worker, and one of our Hep Heroes.In this short video filmed in 2024, Paulie shares his personal ...

30/07/2025

Yesterday, the Victorian viral hepatitis sector gathered at Parliament to mark World Hepatitis Day - and call for action to eliminate hepatitis by 2030. Politicians heard directly from people with lived experience of hepatitis B and C, alongside the passionate health workers and advocates leading the response on the ground.

We know what works. The cure for hepatitis C exists. Treatment for hepatitis B works. But unless we invest in care that is local, safe and stigma-free, too many people will continue to miss out.

On , MPs from across the political spectrum stood up and pledged to help change that.

Eliminating viral hepatitis is within our reach - but only if we meet people where they are, with care that’s trusted, accessible and grounded in community.

Together we can make sure every Victorian living with viral hepatitis can be well - and stay well - no matter who they are or where they live.



Burnet Institute, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Cancer Council Victoria, Hepatitis B Voices Australia, Harm Reduction Victoria (Australia)

Mary-Anne Thomas MP Georgie Crozier MP Mathew Hilakari MP Steve McGhie MP

30/07/2025