The Victorian Viral Hepatitis Roundtable brings together organisations working across the viral hepatitis sector in Victoria, Australia. Our members, coming from community, research, and health settings, are committed to achieving elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030.  

Since 2023, we have been working together to identify what is already happening and can be amplified, to find new opportunities for collaboration and to highlight what else needs to happen to help Victoria reach elimination. 

Victoria has achieved a lot around viral hepatitis elimination since 2016. Having come this far, we must press on to reach elimination – if not, we will regress and lose the progress we have made. If that happens, the benefits of the state’s investment won’t be fully realised, and we won’t have spent wisely. This will lead to an increase in preventable loss of life, in hospital presentations and admissions, and in liver cancer – which will put further strain on the health system, not to mention the human cost.

We know how to eliminate viral hepatitis — because we know what works. It’s about meeting people where they are, in their communities, with care that’s trusted and accessible. Right now, mainstream health services just don’t feel accessible to many living with viral hep. But in pockets of Victoria, great things are happening.

What we need now is to build on these successes. Let’s make them sustainable, and available wherever people need them. That’s how we make sure every Victorian living with viral hepatitis can be well and stay well — no matter who they are or where they live.

On the 29th of July 2025, the Roundtable organised a Make Vic Hep Free event in Parliament to mark World Hepatitis Day.

13 MPs who attended the event signed a pledge to support viral hepatitis elimination.

Names of MP’s who signed on the day:

Mary-Anne Thomas

Georgie Crozier

Enver Erdogan

Ann-Marie Hermans

Mathew Hilakari

Nathan Lambert

Sarah Mansfield

Steve McGhie

Tim Read

Meng Heang Tak

Nina Taylor

Kat Theophanous

Names of MP’s who have signed at a later date include:

Trung Luu

Emma Vulin

Dylan Wight

Paul Hamer

Eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030 is achievable. If you would like to also pledge your support for more accessible treatment and care, please contact Ariane Boulanger at ariane@liverwell.org.au and we will add your name to the list of signatories.

The following organisations form the Steering Committee of the Victorian Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, guiding its strategic direction and collaborative efforts across the sector in Victoria:

• Burnet Institute

• Cancer Council Victoria

• Harm Reduction Victoria

• Hepatitis B Voices Australia

• LiverWELL

• The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

We also acknowledge and thank the many other member organisations of the Roundtable who contribute their expertise and commitment toward our shared goal of eliminating viral hepatitis.