A global awareness campaign has been launched to address the role of men in the AIDS epidemic. The new campaign has been announced to coincide with World AIDS Day. Men outnumber women in terms of both HIV infections and AIDS deaths in every continent except Africa. Robin Gorna from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations says while men have been at the forefront of AIDS prevention in Australia, its time for another wake-up call.
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The election campaign is coming as Australian retailers brace themselves for massive impacts from last month's terror attack in New York. The Anglican Church in Melbourne has attacked Australia's treatment of asylum seekers, with some members of the clergy calling for a royal commission.