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AUSTRALIAN AIDS AWARDS

(Reproduced with permission from MELBOURNE STAR OBSERVER #107, Friday 20  
October 1989. All rights resevered. (C) Oz Media Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia.)

At a black tie dinner in Melbourne on Saturday night October 7, AIDS figures  
from around Australia gathered to acknowledge the efforts of all involved in  
the fight against AIDS and to present awards to some of the more notable  
achievers in this struggle.

Justice Michael Kirby addressed the diners, telling them that AIDS would be  
around for a long time yet, and that people everywhere would soon have to learn  
to live with it.

Michael Pirrie of The Age and Shane Mooney of SBS were awarded the 1989 AFAO  
Media Awards, while the AIDS Trust of Australia gave its 1989 awards for  
service to the community to the Quilt Project, the Sydney Star Observer, Sister  
Hilda of Fairfield Hospital and medical researcher Dr Bruce Kemp.

A controversial choice, Pirrie won the award in the print media category  
because of the "original, analytical approach" taken with his work.  Pirrie  
edited the 1988 World AIDS Day supplement to The Age which was described by  
AFAO President Dr David Plummer as "an outstanding piece of journalism".

Jill Margo from the Sydney Morning Herald was awarded a special commendation in  
this category.

Shane Mooney won the award for electronic media for the documentary Living With  
AIDS which was screened on SBS earlier in the year.

Pip Karmel received a special commendation for her short film Sex Rules, which  
was described by Plummer as "exceptionally creative and heart-warming" and as  
"a valuable resource for young people beginning to come to terms with their  
sexuality".

"The Awards provide due acknowledgement to media workers who have set a high  
professional standard. We hope that this will provide a stimulus for better  
AIDS reporting overall." said Plummer.

The AIDS Trust of Australia Awards acknowledged "those individuals and groups  
who have shown committment and courage - often at great personal sacrifice''  
said Dr David Thorpe, Chairperson of the Trust.

Sydney Star Observer won the award for "providing a vital link for information  
about AIDS to a vulnerable population group since 1982."

The Quilt Project won for its "remarkable contribution to our understanding of  
the human impact of AIDS."

Sister Hilda and the Community of the Holy name won for "providing practical,  
emotional and spiritual support at Fairfield Hospital."

Bruce Kemp was described as making "a major contribution to the design of a new  
diagnostic test for antibodies to HIV" and for developing "a novel approach to  
antiviral therapy".

Special commendations were awarded by the AIDS Trust to Dr Peter Foote and Dr  
Ian Thompson for medical and clinical care, Bill Paterson for the care and  
support of people with AIDS, Graeme Milburn for his effort in riding around  
Australia to raise funds for AIDS and Streetwize Comics for the success their  
AIDS awareness materials aimed at young people.

The AIDS Trust of Australia is a national, non-government charitable trust set  
up to collect and distribute funds to AIDS for AIDS education, care and  
treatment programs around the country.

The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations is the national summit body for  
the various State AIDS Councils.

Both the AIDS Trust Community Awards and the AFAO Media Awards are annual, and  
comprise a framed certificate signed by Patron of the AIDS Trust  - the  
Governor General Bill Hayden.

Rob

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