Across regional, rural and remote Australia, many people supporting clients who use drugs are experiencing the same thing: hepatitis C care matters, but it’s competing with countless other demands. This Community of Practice brings together people doing similar work in similar environments to share ideas, build connections and strengthen the path to elimination in the places where it’s most needed.
It’s free to join, flexible, and open to anyone working with people who use drugs in regional, rural or remote Australia — whether hepatitis C is central to your role or just one part of the support you provide.
- You don’t need to prepare anything
- You don’t need to attend every session
- You don’t need to be a hepatitis C specialist
- You just need to care about improving access and outcomes for people who use drugs
Alongside Burnet Institute’s Eliminate C Australia (ECA II) team and a national steering committee, we have designed every session to offer something you can use immediately — a model, an idea, a resource, or simply a sense of not doing this work alone.
Why join?
Hepatitis C is one of the few chronic conditions we can completely cure, yet access in regional and remote communities often remains fragmented.
By joining, you will:
- Be invited to six short, practical webinars — with resources delivered after each session
- Connect with colleagues across Australia who face similar challenges
- Learn from real-world examples and each other’s experiences
- Contribute to national and global 2030 elimination goals
- Strengthen the care you provide and improve outcomes in your community
What to expect
Across six short, practical webinars, you’ll hear real examples from services like yours through rapid-fire presentations, then join small breakout groups to discuss ideas with colleagues working in similar contexts. Each session aims to build confidence, spark problem-solving and support hepatitis C care in regional and remote communities.
After every webinar, you’ll receive follow-up resources, including infographics, articles and case studies, to help you apply new approaches in your own setting.
Webinar topics
Webinar 1: Peer- and nurse-led models of care for hepatitis C
Thursday 12 March 2026, 12-1PM AEDT
Webinar 2: Incentives for improving HCV testing and treatment in regional and remote Australia
Thursday 14 May 2026, 12-1PM AEST
Webinar 3: Integrated care for hepatitis C – Embedding HCV care in existing services
Thursday 16 July 2026, 12-1PM AEST
Webinar 4: Engaging and training peer navigators for hepatitis C: Supporting your clients every step of the way
Thursday 10 September 2026, 12-1PM AEST
Webinar 5: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander-led models of care for hepatitis C
Thursday 19 November 2026, 12-1PM AEDT
Webinar 6: Remote prescribing and virtual clinical support: Making hepatitis C treatment easy and accessible
Thursday 10 December 2026, 12-1PM AEDT
Our speakers
Who can join?
Anyone supporting hepatitis C care in regional, rural and remote Australia, including:
- GPs and other doctors
- Nurses and NPs
- Peer workers
- People with living or lived experience
- AOD, mental health and community service staff
- Program leads, managers, planners and coordinators
If you work with people who use drugs, this is for you.
Steering Committee
With thanks to our Expert Steering Committee:
- Matthew Armstrong
Community Services Manager, Hepatitis WA - Julia Bitmead
Peer HCV Worker, CAHMA - Raja Clay
Engagement and Sector Development Manager, QNADA - Sal Endemann
Heplink Support Officer / Peer Worker, NTAHC Darwin - Peta Gava
Overdose Prevention & Peer Naloxone Project Officer, Harm Reduction WA - Carla Gorton
Advanced Public Health Officer, Queensland Health - Anna Hawkes
CEO, Hep QLD - Charles Henderson
ECAII Working Group Co-Lead, Burnet Institute
- Amanda Kvassay
Program Manager, QuIHN - Meghan MacDonald
Project Manager, Hunter New England LHD - Kate Mulqueeney
CNS2 Hepatitis C / Refugee Health, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital NSW Health - Jo Murphy
NSP Manager, AIVL - Fiona Poeder
Project Officer, Hepatitis SA - Mel Rhagnath
Program Manager Hepatitis C, ASHM - Lana Richardson
Senior Project Officer, ASHM - Jacqui Richmond
Program Manager, Burnet Institute - Alex Wade
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Mid North Coast LHD