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Almost 1 million Australians are LGBTQIA+ – and for the first time, there’s a new national health plan for them

  • Written by Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
Almost 1 million Australians are LGBTQIA+ – and for the first time, there’s a new national health plan for themLomb/Shutterstock

New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) this week shows one in 20 (4.5%) Australians over 16 are LGBTQIA+.

For perspective: at around 900,000 people, that’s similar to the population of Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory combined.

Yet in health and wellbeing outcomes – particularly...

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