Community of Practice for
Hepatitis C Care in Regional and Remote Australia

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.

Join now

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. 

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

Peta Gava​
Overdose Prevention & Peer Naloxone Project
Officer, Peer-Based Harm Reduction WA​​

Alex Wade​
Team Leader & CNC Hepatology​, Mid North Coast Liver Clinic​ Drug and Alcohol Services​

Sal Endemann ​
Heplink Support Officer / Peer Worker, ​NTAHC Darwin​

Julie Byrne-King​
South West Nurse, Nurse Practitioner , Candidate, Peer Based Harm Reduction WA​

 

Anngie Everitt​
Darwin Hepatitis Clinic Nurse​, NTAHC Darwin​

 

Maxine Kent​
Hep C Case Management Worker​, Peer Based Harm Reduction WA​

 

Karen Nicolaysen
Operations Manager, NTAHC Alice Springs

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