The Order of Perpetual Indulgence of the Great Southern Land, as a service to the Community, wish to announce that volunteers are urgently needed for a RPH RSI HIV study!

"The Order's 'research' shows that it is only when a 'problem' becomes 'statistical' that Government's and Community Group's begin to Act so sadly more HIV+ people and Crystal Addicts are needed so that our great leaders will implement prevention campaigns" Stated Sister Alarna Makes Trains Wrecks.

The West Australian Newspaper, 21 May 2007, reports that approx 4500 people have presented to emergency departments in WA with problems associated with Crystal Meth use. In the Winter Edition of the NGN in 2006, the Order published an article which called for something to be done to address this problem. Sadly, some sections of the Community seem more interested in 'censorship' than in 'Community Development"!

The Abbott of the Great Southern Land said today "It is unfortunate that the Queer Community prefers to be seduced by the Deep Desires that flow from Xes Drug Use. We hope that our role model organisations such as PRIDE WA Inc, and it's partners like the AIDS Council will (finally) begin to question the party on regardless attitude that is preventing the GLBTIQ Community from evolving beyond the 80s 90s style dance party culture."

Given the health facts relating to crystal meth, it is time for the Headline Acts of our Community to be structured less around the dark, deep, techy, dance party formats in which drugs seem to have become 'mandatory' and more around genuinely community based events in which sobriety is not a dirty word!