Yvonne enjoys raising awareness about hepatitis B with the Cairns Hepatitis Action Team. She is currently completing a hepatitis B-related PhD thesis and works part-time at Cairns Sexual Health Service and at Cairns Hospital. She loves living in Cairns with her husband and is proud of her two grown-up daughters.

Rhondda Lewis, Viral Hepatitis Health Practitioner, working in hepatitis health promotion and education in Cairns.

Phillip is a Kulkulgal Tribal Elder of Zenadth Kes and Associate Professor with the Australia Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (JCU) and has authored and co-authored award winning research papers, chaired scientific and inter-departmental committees and sat on ministerial policy committees on Indigenous Health. Phillip led the reform in indigenising the Public Health System as Executive Manager of mainstream Hospitals and Primary Health Care whose core mainstream business was Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health with the establishment of specifically tailored evidence based scientific Indigenous Health Models. The success of his work in community developed scientific health interventions, culturally acceptable health care systems and protocols, and innovative evidence based bi-cultural health practices and structures earned him an Order of Australian Award Medal. His expertise has flowed on into the Community Control Sector where the application of his work has assisted enhancing the development of more comprehensive primary health care.

Melanie Walker is the new CEO of AIVL – Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League. She is the President of Hepatitis ACT and immediate past Vice President of Hepatitis Australia. She has most recently been working as a consultant and was previously Deputy CEO of Public Health Association of Australia.