UNSW SpeakEasy Podcast

To coincide with the release of their ground-breaking new report, in this our second to last episode of SpeakEasy for 2020, Carla and Annie speak with the totally amazing Assoc. Profs Christy Newman and Myra Hamilton about their work on the 'my health, our family' project – an ambitious and important multi-year research project documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. It’s a ‘must hear’ show as we roll ever closer to the holiday season and encounters of the family kind… Here is the main project page: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/our-projects/my-health-our-family Literature review on families affected by blood borne viruses https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4352783 How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112620 Viewpoint article on queer families https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1468032

In this episode of SpeakEasy, Annie & Carla take a deep dive into the ‘PhD journey’ with Carla interviewing Annie about her recently published paper, the first from her PhD research, focusing on issues of drug user representation and political legitimacy in UN drug policy settings over the past 3 decades. 50 days of free access to the article via IJDP: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1b~JF3PEroSnMY

In celebration of International Drug Users Day on 1 November, in this episode Annie & Carla have a chat to Jake Agliata from the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) all the way from Philadelphia in the US about being young and political in the States, about the true racist history behind global drug policy and about how a group of young people turned a UN hallway into ‘a corridor of power’. Oh… and we also do a special shout-out to Jake’s mum for being so excited about him being on SpeakEasy! For INPUD International Drug Users Day campaign go to www.inpud.net and https://www.facebook.com/INPUD

In this episode Annie & Carla speak with legendary drug user activist and all-round amazing woman Jude Byrne about the early days of drug user organisations in Australia, the importance of peer involvement in research and why she is so damned proud of her community. INPUD documentary: Taking Back What's Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs Report: https://www.inpud.net/sites/default/files/Taking%20back%20whats%20ours%20-%20interactive.pdf Oral history site: https://www.inpud.net/en/taking-back-whats-ours-oral-history-movement-people-who-use-drugs Australia and NZ film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYRpHmXmC0&feature=youtu.be

Annie and Carla are back in the salubrious surrounds of the SpeakEasy after an enforced hiatus due to a big deal with a little name called “COVID”. In this return episode, Annie and Carla catch up on what they’ve been doing during “the Rona”, hot topics that are exercising their minds and the value of a good murder mystery in #iso. NUAA/NADA resource - Language Matters https://www.nuaa.org.au/language-matters INPUD resource - Words Matter https://www.inpud.net/en/words-matter-language-statement-reference-guide Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce – Strategy to Address Stigma https://drugdeathstaskforce.scot/media/1111/stigma-strategy-for-ddtf-final-290720.pdf INPUD COVID-19 Survey Research reports on the Health & Human Rights Of People Who Drugs in a COVID-19 Environment: https://www.inpud.net/en/covid-19-survey-reports-health-rights-people-who-use-drugs-covid-19-environment

Religious freedom or smokescreen for bigotry? In this episode, Annie and Carla dive into the ‘hot mess’ that is the draft Federal Religious Discrimination Bill and speak with Jonathon Hunyor (PIAC) and Daniel Comensoli (LGBTI Health Alliance) about their organisations’ work and views on this super important topic for the Australian community. https://piac.asn.au/about-us/ https://lgbtihealth.org.au/ Submissions and resources to get involved: https://equalityaustralia.org.au/freedom-from-discrimination/ https://lgbtihealth.org.au/submission-religious-discrimination-bill-second-exposure-draft/ https://piac.asn.au/tag/religious-freedom/ https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/submission/religious-freedom-bills Find your electorate and MP https://electorate.aec.gov.au/ https://www.aph.gov.au/senators_and_members/members Research: The Impact of Institutional Discrimination on Psychiatric Disorders in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations: A Prospective Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820062/

In this episode Carla and Annie speak with Dr Kerryn Drysdale from the UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health about the recently presented 4th annual Sex Lecture drawing on insights from the Crystal Pleasures and Sex between Men research project on gay, bisexual and queer men who use crystal methamphetamine for sex. The lecture was co-presented by Dr Max Hopwood with an introduction from Emeritus Professor Gary W. Dowsett and included an expert panel of discussants. Crystal, pleasures and sex between men project page (which includes links to papers from the study): https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/centre-social-research-health/our-projects/crystal-pleasures-and-sex-between-men Podcast from the crystal project: https://soundcloud.com/crystal-clear-podcast Sex (and Drugs) Lecture: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/sex-and-drugs-lecture

In times like these, we all need good information to guide us and sometimes what we need goes beyond the general advice to something a little more specialised... In this episode we talk with NUAA Deputy CEO Charles Henderson about the most recent harm reduction info and advice for people who are using drugs in a COVID-19 environment. NUAA’s COVID-19 advice https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc8ed0465019fb4eca08a46/t/5e71c14f55248a329725efae/1584513363076/UPDATED+COVID19+a5+handout++THN+edit.png www.nuaa.org.au How to contact drug user organisations around Australia http://aivl.org.au/aivl-member-organisations/ Factsheet for people with hepatitis B and C – Hepatitis Australia https://www.hepatitisaustralia.com/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=e9924223-888a-47a3-8295-5add820aa204 AFAO COVID-19 Factsheet for LGBTIQ & HIV Communities https://www.afao.org.au/our-work/coronavirus-covid-19/ Full disclosure: Our guest for this episode - Charles Henderson is in an ongoing relationship with Annie Madden.

Staying hot on the trail of the ‘big issues’, this episode Annie & Carla get some quality time with the amazing Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and tireless advocate for tackling poverty and inequality to reflect on a recent Report into Poverty in Australia by ACOSS & UNSW and to ‘crack the code’ on some of our biggest social issues including “Raising the Rate” of Newstart and how to make housing more affordable. We also talk about why the topic of Superannuation is REALLY interesting… really ☺ Link to ACOSS website: https://www.acoss.org.au/ Poverty in Australia report 2020, Part 1 http://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Poverty-in-Australia-2020_Part-1_Overview.pdf Poverty and Inequality Partnership – ACOSS and UNSW http://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/poverty/ How to talk about poverty in the UK https://frameworksinstitute.org/assets/files/PDF_Poverty/JRFUKPovertyMessageMemo2018Final.pdf

The standard of human dignity Carla and Annie are kicking off season 5 with a ‘deep dive’ into human rights – What are they? Where do they come from? Who gets them? And how can they help us to think about issues of health and rights more broadly? With two stellar guests (Louise Chappell and Rosemary Kayess) who are genuine legends and experts in the field we are in good hands to have a cracker first show that is guaranteed to make ya think! Learn more about Louise’s work https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/ learn more about Rosemary’s work with the Disability Innovation Institute https://disabilityinnovation.unsw.edu.au/ Learn more about the human rights charters of the ACT, Victoria and Queensland https://hrc.act.gov.au/humanrights/ https://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/human-rights/the-charter https://www.qld.gov.au/law/your-rights/human-rights

In what’s become an annual tradition, Annie and Carla wrap up the year that’s been, reflect on the amazing guests that have joined them in the “SpeakEasy Lounge” in 2019 and announce an exciting new SpeakEasy venture commencing in early 2020. Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening in 2019! Winner Announcement: 2019 National Competition for Excellence in Hepatitis C Health Promotion: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/centre-social-research-health/news/winner-announcement-2019-national-competition-excellence Published paper linked to interview with Joanne Byrant on her presentation to the 2019 Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference (AVHEC): Making sense of ‘side effects’: Counterpublic health in the era of direct-acting antivirals (2019), International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.06.002

After 25 years at the helm of Hepatitis NSW, Stuart Loveday takes his final bow as CEO. Annie and Carla chat with Stuart about what’s happened during his time leading the organisation and what’s left to do in this valedictory episode. LINKS Community Restorative Centre https://www.crcnsw.org.au/ Hepatitis NSW https://www.hep.org.au/ For more info: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/about/speakeasy-podcast

Carla and Annie sit down with Professor Alison Ritter, Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, to discuss the recurrent threat in Australian politics to drug test welfare recipients and why this makes for bad drug policy. LINKS How philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testing job seekers https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/social-affairs/how-philosophy-101-could-help-break-deadlock-over-drug-testing-job-seekers ASPC 2019 Keynote by Professor Alison Ritter https://soundcloud.com/unsw-arts-social-sciences/alison-ritter-aspc-2019-keynote The Drug Policy Modelling Program https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/sprc/research/drug-policy-modelling-program

It’s our final AVHEC19 episode! This week Felicity Sheaves, Blood Borne Viruses Coordinator, and Louise Maher, Hepatitis C and Senior Health Promotion Officer, both of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, sit down with Carla and Annie to chat about the good ol’ days of the SIC Project and the beauty of not knowing how to navigate the health system (and doing it anyway). LINKS Sheaves, F., et al. (2001). "That's SIC: mobilising youth for hepatitis C prevention." Health Promotion Journal of Australia 12(3): 217-222. Evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program: insights for roll-out and scale-up of a pilot program to engage Aboriginal Australians in hepatitis C and sexual health education, screening, and care https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0209-y Deadly Liver Mob https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/centre-social-research-health/our-projects/deadly-liver-mob For more info: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/about/speakeasy-podcast

Associate Professor James Ward, a Pitjantjatjara/Narungga man and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research on STIs, health and wellbeing, and Professor Chris Cunningham, of the Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa tribes of New Zealand and Professor of Maori Health, join Annie and Carla in our second AVHEC19 special episode. The awesome foursome join heads to discuss how viral hepatitis elimination is going in Australian and New Zealand Indigenous communities and where there's room for improvement. LINKS AVHEC 2019 plenary https://ashm.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/avhec19/agenda/Agenda/AgendaItemDetail?id=1980f168-b559-4924-a98f-bea5286abd7a Young Deadly Free STI campaign https://youngdeadlyfree.org.au/ Hepatitis Foundation NZ https://www.hepatitisfoundation.org.nz/ NZ Butterfly Campaign https://www.hepc-action.nz/resources/the-butterfly/ Associate Professor James Ward profile https://portal.sahmriresearch.org/en/persons/james-ward Professor Chris Cunningham profile http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=781430

It's Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference time and once again Carla and Annie are ‘in the mix’ chatting to an assortment of keynote speakers and other amazing people at the forefront of hepatitis elimination across Australia and New Zealand. First up, Annie and Carla talk ‘counter-publics’, ‘lay experts’ and power dynamics in health promotion with A/Prof Joanne Bryant. Next up, a change of pace with the Cairns Hepatitis Action Team talking about their “surprise” at winning the 2018 HCV Health Promotion Resource Competition and what they did with the loot! LINKS Making sense of ‘side effects’: Counterpublic health in the era of direct-acting antivirals (2019), International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.06.002 Evidence-making interventions in health: A conceptual framing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112488 “Doing the devil’s work”: Emotional labour and stigma in expanding Needle and Syringe Programs https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1057553 Hepatitis C prevention still essential despite advances in treatment https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/hep-c-prevention-still-necessary-despite-advances-treatment Cairns Hepatitis Action Team https://www.cairnshepc.com/ Movie: You can't hep that https://www.cairnshepc.com/movie-you-can-t-hep-that Technical review of hepatitis C health promotion resources http://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:11089/SOURCE01?view=true National Competition for Excellence in Hepatitis C Promotion 2019 https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/competitions/hepatitis-c-prize/

For this very special 2019 World Hepatitis Day episode, Annie and Carla talk with Australian researchers Dr Tanya Applegate from The Kirby Institute and Professor Margaret Hellard AM from The Burnet Institute about the ‘awesomely massive’ “Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission” and discuss the power of collaboration in the global fight against viral hepatitis. Links Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30270-X

Carla Treloar and Annie Madden welcome Jules Kim, Scarlet Alliance CEO, to the SpeakEasy lounge to do some sex work myth busting and discuss the importance of Scarlet Alliance, the national peak body for sex worker organisations that pursues equity and justice in the sex work industry. LINKS Scarlet Alliance website http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/ Scarlet Alliance on Twitter https://twitter.com/scarletalliance More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

It’s our final HR19 episode this week. First up, Carla steps outside (literally) with Graham Brown to discuss the ‘spaghetti and meatballs’ project on peer-led programs, also known as What, Works and Why or W3. Our final guest of the special HR19 episodes is Andrew Scheibe from Cape Town, South Africa. Andrew is an harm reduction implementer, with a focus on implementation science that is valid in local contexts. LINKS W3 (What Works and Why) http://w3project.org.au/ ARCSHS at La Trobe https://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs TB HIV Care http://www.tbhivcare.org/ Andrew Scheibe https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Scheibe For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

As part of a series of interviews from HRI19, in this episode Annie and Carla speak with legendary activist Zoe Dodd about setting up a ‘pop-up’ SIF, her Masters research and life and politics on the frontlines of the Canadian OD crisis. LINKS Zoe Dodd on Twitter https://twitter.com/ZoeDodd Toronto Overdose Prevention Society https://twitter.com/TorontoOPS For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In this second episode from the Harm Reduction International Conference 2019, Carla and Annie catch up with Carol Strike and Gillian Kolla -- legends from the frontlines of the overdose crisis in Toronto, Canada, about police and their attitudes to safe injecting facilities, setting up an unsanctioned safe injecting site in a public park in Toronto and issues in doing research with highly criminalised communities. Links Creating and sustaining cooperative relationships between supervised injection services and police: A qualitative interview study of international stakeholders https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.001 A scoping review of harm reduction training for police officers https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12904 Canada's overdose crisis: authorities are not acting fast enough https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30040-4 Toronto Overdose Prevention Service https://twitter.com/TorontoOPS For more info on SpeakEasy: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Garth Mullins, host of the Crackdown podcast (and Carla and Annie's podcast crush), landed in the SpeakEasy lounge at the Harm Reduction International Conference to discuss the frontline of the war on drugs, bringing activism and science together and punching up (not down) with his podcast about drugs, drug policy and the drug war. Links Crackdown podcast https://crackdownpod.com/ Garth Mullins https://twitter.com/garthmullins For more info on SpeakEasy: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In this episode of SpeakEasy, Annie and Carla chat to Emma Rafferty who is a Systemic Advocacy Lead at the Association of Participating Service Users (APSU) in Victoria. Emma gives SpeakEasy a ‘backstage pass’ to APSU’s new podcast series “Straight to the Source” and takes us through how the show is working to empower treatment consumers, increase the impact of people's own voices and create sustainable change at the system level. Links SHARC http://www.sharc.org.au/ Straight From the Source podcast http://www.sharc.org.au/association-of-participating-service-users/podcasts/ VMIAC - Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council https://www.vmiac.org.au/ More info https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Dr Lise Lafferty (CSRH and The Kirby Institute) joins Annie Madden and Professor Carla Treloar to celebrate her participation in the NSW Inspirational Women Showcase and discusses her unconventional path to a career in research. NSW Inspirational Women: https://www.women.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/nsw-womens-week/inspirational-women-online-showcase More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

The issue of pill testing at music festivals has literally filled the media this summer and is shaping up as a key issue in the upcoming NSW election campaign. To get the lowdown on this issue from the peer perspective, SpeakEasy sat down with Mary Harrod, NUAA CEO and Jessica Murray, one of the coordinators of NUAA’s Dancewize peer education and harm reduction program. For more information: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In this episode Annie and Carla speak with the awesome Tony Trimingham OAM, CEO of Family Drug Support, founder of the Damien Trimingham Foundation and co-founder of Harm Reduction Australia about supporting families affected by alcohol and other drug issues, International FDS Day and how he became a leading advocate for drug law reform. LINKS Family Drug Support https://www.fds.org.au/ International Family Drug Support Day 2019 – Sunday 24 Feb http://internationalfdsday.fds.org.au/ Sydney – International Family Drug Support Day 2019 (Tuesday 26 Feb) http://internationalfdsday.fds.org.au/2019-events/sydney-nsw-international-family-drug-support-day-2019 Harm Reduction Australia https://www.harmreductionaustralia.org.au/ Tony’s book, Not my child, never my family https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/self-help-practical/Not-My-Family-Never-My-Child-Tony-Trimingham-9781741755251 For more info: csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podca…carla-treloar/

And we’re back with Season 4 of SpeakEasy! In our first episode for 2019, Carla and Annie speak with writer, author and ‘woman of substance’ Jenny Valentish about her 2017 book, about what it’s like to ‘go public’ about your own drug use, about publishing realities and the response to her book from the media, her family and from other “women of substances”. Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/woman-substances For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Annie and Carla wrap up the year that has gone by and reminisce and reflect on all of the guests that have joined them in the SpeakEasy lounge. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Annie and Carla interview Fiona Patten, the leader of the Reason Party and a long-standing champion of sexual rights, sex worker rights and health issues such as HIV and AIDS. Not one to do things by halves, Fiona is also a small business owner of her own fashion label. Links: INHSU Twitter twitter.com/inhepsu Reason Victoria https://reasonvic.org.au/ For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In today's World Aids Day extravaganza, Annie and Carla interview Limin Mao covering a whole range of issues and cutting edge research. Links Sydney Gay Asian Men Survey https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/media/CSRHFile/20156_Sydney_Gay_Asian_Men_Survey.pdf Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/stigma-indicators/ For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In today's World Aids Day extravaganza, Annie and Carla interview Martin Holt covering a whole range of issues and cutting edge research. Links Lancet HIV paper on uptake/impact of PrEP: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30072-9 Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/stigma-indicators/ For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In today's World Aids Day extravaganza, Annie and Carla interview Asha Persson and Christy Newman covering a whole range of issues and cutting edge research. Links “So Much Is at Stake”: Professional Views on Engaging Heterosexually Identified Men who Have Sex with Men with Sexual Health Care in Australia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13178-017-0291-z Challenging Perceptions of “Straight” Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex with Men and the Cultural Politics of Sexual Identity Categories https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X17718586?journalCode=jmma StraightMSM Study: Heterosexually-Identified Men Who Have Sex With Men Project https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/straight-msm/ Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/stigma-indicators/ For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In today's World Aids Day extravaganza, Annie and Carla interview Asha Persson and Christy Newman, Martin Holt and Limin Mao covering a whole range of issues and cutting-edge research. Timestamps 00:10 - 20:41 Asha Persson and Christy Newman 20:41 - 45:43 Martin Holt 45:43 - 58:05 Limin Mao Links “So Much Is at Stake”: Professional Views on Engaging Heterosexually Identified Men who Have Sex with Men with Sexual Health Care in Australia: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13178-017-0291-z Challenging Perceptions of “Straight” Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex with Men and the Cultural Politics of Sexual Identity Categories: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X17718586?journalCode=jmma StraightMSM Study: Heterosexually-Identified Men Who Have Sex With Men Project: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/straight-msm/ Sydney Gay Asian Men Survey: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/media/CSRHFile/20156_Sydney_Gay_Asian_Men_Survey.pdf Lancet HIV paper on uptake/impact of PrEP: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30072-9 Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/stigma-indicators/ For more info: csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podca…carla-treloar/

Carla and Annie recap on Portugal, the INHSU conference and discuss the issue of drug decriminalisation. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Live from INHSU - Strap yourself in – the revolution has arrived – John Dillon puts orthodoxy in the bin at INHSU For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Live from INHSU - Judy Chang who is Executive Director of International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) Links: INHSU Twitter https://twitter.com/inhepsu International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) http://www.inpud.net/ “Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal” http://www.inpud.net/en/decriminalisation-enough-drug-user-community-voices-portugal Vancouver Declaration 2006 http://www.inpud.net/en/vancouver-declaration For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Live from INHSU - Michael Ninburg, President World Hepatitis Alliance Links: World Hepatitis Alliance http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/ White paper, World Hepatitis Aliiance – Find the Missing Millions http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/missing-millions/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Overcoming-the-barriers-to-diagnosis-white-paper-1.pdf Hepatitis Education Project, Seattle, Washington http://www.hepeducation.org/ CSRH Stigma Indicators Project https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/stigma-indicators/ For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

PROMS Without Borders This week we hear from Jonas Demant Hansen from a Danish NGO for people who use drugs called Brugernes Akademi (The Users Academy) and Anne Øvrehus an infectious diseases physician in Denmark. They are using work by Annie, Carla, Jo Neale and Max Hopwood on Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) to translate this for people who inject in Denmark. https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-018-0248-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40271-018-0332-6 For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Annie and Carla took the microphones and headed north – to the great INHSU conference in Portugal. This is the first in a series of interviews with passionate, inspiring and subversive people that we found lounging around the conference pool. Our guest today is Dr Mark Tyndall, Executive Director of the Centre for Disease Control in British Columbia, Canada. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Dr Nico Clark, who is the medical director for the Medically supervised injecting facility joins Carla Treloar and Annie Madden in the SpeakEasy lounge to discuss the centre and the impact on the local injecting community. More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Associate Professor kylie valentine, from the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, joins Carla Treloar and Annie Madden in the SpeakEasy lounge to give the low down on social policy and the intersection of viral hepatitis this World Hepatitis Day, ahead of kylie's keynote at VH18. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Annie and Carla have not one but two special guests for Support Don't Punish Day on 26 June. Sione Crawford is the CEO of Harm Reduction Victoria, prior to this he had a career with Hepatitis Victoria and NUAA. Kate Seear is at Monash University where she is an ARC DECRA Fellow, a practicing solicitor, an Associate Professor in Law and an Academic Director of the Springvale Monash Legal Service. For more info:https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Carla and Annie welcome long-time friend Emeritus Professor Sue Kippax to the SpeakEasy lounge. Sue is a pioneer in partnerships between research and community. With an extraordinary academic track record, Sue is internationally recognised for her contribution to the HIV response. More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Carla and Annie discuss the latest (and biggest) names globally to get on board with drug law reform, the World Drug Perception Problem report (shoutout to Jason Reed at UKLeap podcast Stop and Search) and Canada's launch of a needle-sharing program in prison. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In this week's episode, Carla and Annie sit down with the legendary Dr Marianne Jauncey -- director of the medically-supervised injecting centre (MSIC) in Sydney's Kings Cross. The trio discuss the latest in harm reduction, the upcoming MSIC in Richmond, Victoria, Uniting's push for drug law reform and the transformative power of treating people with dignity and respect. More info:https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Step on into the ExtraEasy lounge as Annie and Carla discuss The Greens' statement on legalising cannabis in Australia, as well as the new Changing attitudes, Changing lives report and recommendations on stigma and discrimination led by the DPMP at NDARC and published by the Queensland Mental Health Commission. More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

This episode Carla and Annie are speaking with the legendary Dr Ingrid van Beek AM, a true harm reduction pioneer in Australia about her longstanding passion for rights and social justice, her ground-breaking work with the Kirketon Rd Centre (KRC) and the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) and why reforming the drug laws remains as a key priority for her. More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Carla and Annie discuss the tabling of the Victorian drug law reform report and recommendations, as well as biding a sombre farewell to their mentor and friend, Professor David Cooper AO. For more information: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

To kick off season three of SpeakEasy, the Hon Michael Kirby dropped by the lounge to discuss the landmark report 'HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights and Health' and what is happening five years on. Editor's note: The quote referred to in this episode ('Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come') - was made by French author Victor Hugo and not Voltaire as initially thought. More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

Listen Up! Carla Treloar and Annie Madden are back with the short, sharp and always on point ExtraEasy! In this first episode for 2018, Carla and Annie talk about the very topical issue of methadone and driving, as well as needle sharing programs in prisons and the positive power of the pool AKA: how to mend a broken heart. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

In the final SpeakEasy episode for Season Two, Annie and Carla take a trip down memory lane, reviewing their guests from 2017 (and even 2016), including Dr Kari Lancaster, Professor Alison Ritter, Matt Noffs and Professor Mark Tyndall to create some insight into the changing landscape of drug policy and harm reduction in Australia and around the world. For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/