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. 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. Eliminating viral hepatitis is about health equity and making sure that everyone can access the care they need when and where they need it.

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

13 MPs who attended the event signed a Pledge to support viral hepatitis elimination and create political will to achieve that goal. 

MPs who signed on the day: 

The Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas, Minister for Health, Member for Macedon 

Georgie Crozier, Shadow Minister for Health, Member for Southern Metropolitan 

The Hon. Enver Erdogan, Minister for Corrections, Member for Northern Metropolitan 

Ann-Marie Hermans, Member for South-Eastern Metropolitan 

Mathew Hilakari, Member for Point Cook 

Nathan Lambert, Member for Preston 

Sarah Mansfield, Member for Western Victoria 

Steve McGhie, Member for Melton 

Tim Read, Member for Brunswick 

Meng Heang Tak, Member for Clarinda 

Nina Taylor, Member for Albert Park 

Kat Theophanous, Member for Northcote 

MPs who have signed at a later date: 

Jordan Crugnale, Member for Bass 

Anasina Gray-Barberio, Member for Northern Metropolitan 

Katie Hall, Member for Footscray 

Paul Hamer, Member for Box Hill 

Martha Haylett, Member for Ripon 

Trung Luu, Member for Western Metropolitan 

Emma Vulin, Member for Pakenham 

Sheena Watt, Member for Northern Metropolitan 

Dylan Wight, Member for Tarneit 

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

• WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis

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.