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Current

• Calls for 'more innovation' in syphilis testing - RACGP (2 December 2025)
• Doctors Urge Gov’t To Invest In Longer GP Appointments As Key To HIV Prevention - Star Observer (1 December 2025)
• This contraceptive method will soon be much cheaper for Australians - SBS News (27 October 2025)
• New contraceptive added to PBS - RACGP (27 October 2025)
• PBS boost for women's health - Pharmacy Daily (27 October 2025)
• 'Not a luxury': cheaper contraception offers choice - The Daily Advertiser (27 October 2025)
• Has TikTok Forgotten the Pill’s Feminist Legacy? - Honi Soit (22 October 2025)
• Every single health check you need to get (and when) - Mamamia (14 October 2025)
• ‘Make libraries safe again’: Are these books harmful or vital sex ed? - The Advertiser South Australia (11 October 2025)
• Surge in most STIs over the past 10 years - RACGP (16 September 2025)
• Hormonal contraception in perimenopausal women - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology (2 September 2025)
• Call for national education campaign to tackle TikTok birth control myths - Education HQ News (25 August 2025)
• Syphilis declaration: what it means for GPs - The Medical Republic (25 August 2025)
• Call for campaign to tackle TikTok birth control myths - The Rural (24 Aug 2025)
• Medical experts warn people not to be complacent on sexual health - The Mercury (17 Aug 2025)
  
• Concerns over TikTok birth control content - ABC Listen (13 Aug 2025)
• Syphilis surge declared ‘of national significance’ for first time - RACGP (11 Aug 2025)
• Olympia Valance says schools should teach more about fertility in sex-ed - Herald Sun (11 Aug 2025)
• Urgent warning about the rise of a deadly disease spreading in Australia - Daily Mail (8 Aug 2025)
• First guidance for prescribing post-exposure HIV prevention - RACGP (05 August 2025)
• New HIV Prevention Drug Holds Promise for Australia - Medscape (11 July 2025)
• It’s a bad time to get syphilis - Medical Republic (9 July 2025)

FY 24 - 25

• A state-by-state guide to getting an abortion in Australia - Fashion Journal (10 June 2025)
• Sexual Health Victoria fights period and pelvic pain stigma with a new school initiative - National Tribune (19 May 2025)
• Where STIs are rising in Australia - Herald Sun (29 April 2025)
• Less knowledge, more testing at core of STI increase - RACGP (24 April 2025)
• Supply issues for common brands of copper IUDs - Medical Republic (4 April 2025)
• Expert guide to home health tests: how useful are they? - The Australian (23 March 2025)
• Treat Men with Bacterial Vaginosis - Medical Republic (13 March 2023)
• ACON is Offering Free Cervical Cancer Screenings at ChillOut Festival Today - Star Observer (9 March 2025)
• Say Goodbye To Awkward Screenings And Hello To This Free Self-Swab Pop-Up At ChillOut - Buzzfeed (7 March 2025)
• Prescriber reminder over oral contraceptive PBS changes - RACGP News (5 March 2025)
• ‘Overdue but welcome’ Government response to reproductive health calls RACGP News (19 Feb 2025)
• What Labor’s new $573.3 million women’s health funding package means for you - Women's Agenda (9 February 2025)
• 'It's about more choices': women's health funding celebrated by advocates SBS (9 February)
• Federal Labor promises half a billion dollars for women's health, including better access to long-term contraceptives- ABC News (8 February 2025)
• ‘Epidemic’: New DIY Aussie game-changing STI test - Herald Sun (30 January 2025)
• Consent Matters - Future Perfect - 3RRR (20 January 2025)
• Fresh guidance makes premature ovarian insufficiency diagnosis ‘easier and faster’ - AusDoc (15 January 2025)
• Many women unprepared for the pain of medical abortions - Cosmos Magazine (18 December 24)
• New project boosts confidence in teaching at-risk youth about sexual consent - Education HQ News (13 December 24)
• Australian women to get home self tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea – but experts urge caution - The Guardian (21 November 2024)
• Breaking down barriers to abortions across Australia. A call for publicly funded abortions to end the postcode lottery - The Australian Greens (13 November 2024)
• IUD Linked to increased breast cancer risk, new six year study suggests - NineNews (17 October '24)
• Research links levonorgestrel IUDs to breast cancer, but GP says the risk is small compared with benefits- AusDoc (17 October '24)
• Women risking unwanted pregnancies over online fads, experts warn. Herald Sun (3 Oct '24)
  
• The joy of (safe) sex: where Australia really stands with contraception - Herald Sun (29 Aug '24)
• What you need to know about STIs for sexual wellbeing (22 Aug '24) Turns Out I'm into It podcast with Dr Sara Whitburn
• Doctors' plea as syphilis cases rise in Australia - ABC listen (26 July '24)

FY 23 - 24

• Porn ban no solution to sexualised violence Education Today (12 June'24)
• New report flags major rise in STIs globally - 3AW radio news (24 May) with Dr Sara Whitburn
• The Abortion Pill - How dangerous is is really? (23 May) Gimlet Media. Science VS Podcast
• Teaching children about porn far more required than simply restricting access Education HQ (22 May)
• Restricting access to pornography is not the definitive solution to sexualised violence (16 May) The National Tribune
• When is the right time to talk to you people about periods? ABC Radio (19 Feb 2024) Listen from 1.29mins
• New telehealth and medication delivery services benefit regional Victorians. The Wire (9 Feb 2024)
• Telehealth service improves medical abortion access. Hospital and Healthcare (9 Feb 2024)
• Sexual Health Victoria (SHV) has introduced a telehealth medical abortion service across the state Pharmacy Daily (9 Feb 2024)
• New abortion telehealth and medication delivery service benefits regional Victorians. The Wire Radio (9 Feb 2024)
• New Abortion Telehealth and Medication Delivery Service Benefits Regional Victorians. 2SER (9 Feb 2024)
• Pioneering Telehealth Service and Medication Delivery Revolutionises Access to Medical Abortion for Regional Victorians. The National Tribune (9 Feb 2024)
• Telehealth pioneer revolutionises medical abortion. The Mirage (9 Feb 2024)
• There's a new sex-ed ad out - and we don't know what to think. Australian Women's Health (23 Jan 2024)
• Dramatic spike in syphilis cases spark concern. Herald Sun (20 December 2023)
• The concerning STI is on the rise among Aussies - it's now hitting one group harder than others. Daily Mail (20 December 2023)
• Australia records highest cases of syphilis in 10 years. ABC News (19 December 2023)
• How do we educate teens on healthy relationships? ABC Conversation Hour (22 November 2023)
• Common STIs surge among young people. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) (10 November 2023)
• Medical Abortions are okayed even in the second trimester. Medical Republic (2 November 2023)
• Get ready for Summer. Ease of STI testing and treatment. Joy FM (1 November 2023)
• Sexual Consent Education and Young People ABC News Radio Listen 1:02min (18 October)
• The impact of educating youth on relationships and sexuality. 'Moolah" on Disrupt Radio (3 August 2023)
• At what is the appropriate age to talk to kids about sex SMH/Age (July 2023)
• Sexual Health Clinics under pressure as STI cases rise. Yahoo News (July 2023)

Media - FY 22 - 23

• Want long-term contraception? There are more effective options than the pill. Conversation (May 2023)
• Consent Matters program to expand with focus on stealthing, enthusiastic consent (Feb 2023) Herald Sun subscription required
• The game-changing plans to cut barriers to medical abortion (Jan 2023)
• TikTokers blasted over sex advice putting young people at risk (Jan 2023)
• Why are my periods irregular - we ask Dr Kathy McNamee (Jan 2023)
• ABC conversation Hour - Dr Kathy McNamee on free contraception (Dec 2022)
• Syphilis cases rise in Australia despite a fall in testing for STIs during the pandemic (Dec 2022)
• Having an IUD inserted can be excruciatingly painful. What can be done? (October 2022)
• Affirmative consent education program being rolled out across Victoria (Oct 2022)
• Worrying consequences of contracting an STI (Oct 2022)
• What taking medical abortion pills was like for Jessica (May 2022)
• The pain of IUDs can be excruciating. What are the options? (May 2022)
• Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCS) (April 2022)

Media Releases

• SHV leads the way with a new telehealth service for cervical screenings (May 2024)
• Restricting access to pornography for young people is not the definitive solution to sexualised violence (May 2024)
• Pioneering Telehealth Service and Medication Revolutionises Access to Medical Abortion for Regional Victorias (Feb 2024)
• Sexual Health Victoria is thrilled to announce new CEO (August 2022)
• Family Planning Victoria is rebranded as Sexual Health Victoria (Feb 2022)
• Self-collect option gets cervical screening off the ‘to-do’ list (Nov 2021)
• TikTok a Bad Influence when it comes to Contraception (Sept 2021)
• Online Sexual Activity and Relationships and Sexuality Education
• The 'Good Society' Position Statement for FPV
• Consent and Respectful Relationships Education in Schools
• Stand with us to ensure Australia's funding commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights internationally. (April 2017)
• Consensus reached: Relationships and Sexuality Education in Schools Family Planning (April 2017)
• Sexual Health Victoria welcomes bold new Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy (March 2017)
• New trends emerge as Victorian Women’s Health Atlas is expanded (March 2017)
• Sexual Health Victoria urges the Australian Government to strengthen global efforts in protecting women’s rights (February 2017)
• Australian Family Planning Organisations say the impact of defunding health programs in developing countries can be counted in human costs (February 2017)
• FPAA’s statement opposing the global removal of funding to reproductive services: Women’s rights are human rights (January 2017)
• The loss of Tyrone Unsworth (November 2016)
• New CEO of Sexual Health Victoria (October 2016)

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