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 …

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 IJ…

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…

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 …

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 resourc…

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…

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 …

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-1…

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…

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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 Excel…

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. LINKSCommunity Restorative Centrehttps://www.crcnsw.org.au/Hepatitis NSWhttps://www.hep.org.au/For more info: https…

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.LINKSHow philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testin…

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 he…

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 a…

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 …

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 discus…

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.LINKSScarlet Alliance websitehttp://www.scarletalliance.org.au/S…

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 …

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.LINKSZoe Dodd on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ZoeDoddToronto Overdose Prevention Societyhttps://twitter.com/Toronto…

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…

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 p…

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 …

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-showcaseM…

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 h…

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.LINKSFamily…

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 sub…

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/By UNSW SpeakEasy Podcast

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 Twittertwitter.com/inhepsuReason Victoriahttps://reasonvic.org.au/Fo…

In today's World Aids Day extravaganza, Annie and Carla interview Limin Mao covering a whole range of issues and cutting edge research.LinksSydney Gay Asian Men Surveyhttps://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/media/CSRHFile/20156_Sydney_Gay_Asian_Men_Survey.pdfStigma Indicators Monitoring Projecthttps://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/stigma-indicators…

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

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 Australiahttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs1…

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.Timestamps00:10 - 20:41 Asha Persson and Christy Newman20:41 - 45:43 Martin Holt45:43 - 58:05 Limin MaoLinks“So Much Is at Stake”: Professional Views on Engaging Hete…

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/By UNSW SpeakEasy Podcast

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

Live from INHSU - Judy Chang who is Executive Director of International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD)Links:INHSU Twitterhttps://twitter.com/inhepsuInternational 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…

Live from INHSU - Michael Ninburg, President World Hepatitis AllianceLinks:World Hepatitis Alliancehttp://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/White paper, World Hepatitis Aliiance – Find the Missing Millionshttp://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/missing-millions/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Overcoming-the-barriers-to-diagnosis-white-paper-1.pdfHepatitis Ed…

PROMS Without BordersThis 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 …

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 Columbi…

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/podcas…

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 …

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-w…

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-…

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 wi…

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.…

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 …

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 a…

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://cs…