This Thursday is World AIDS Day, a time to reflect on the devastating loss of over 40 million lives over the course of this 40-year epidemic, and a time to review our progress and renew our bipartisan commitment to end HIV in Australia.

The title of the UNAIDS 2022 report is In danger. In Australia we've seen a steady decline in new infections over the past decade, but UNAIDS's data shows new infections are now rising where they had been falling. We've seen such crises as COVID, monkeypox and climate change having stretched resources and access to treatment as well as to testing and prevention.