Thousands of Australians received infected blood, over decades. Now they’ll have their say

panumas nikhomkhai/Pexels From the 1970s to the 1990s, an estimated 3,500–8,500 Australians acquired HIV or hepatitis C through infected blood or blood products. The exact number isn’t known and it may be substantially higher. Many people likely died without knowing they had been infected. Some people who acquired HIV through blood or blood products received financial settlements. However many, particularly those who acquired hepatitis C virus through blood products, have not. Those affected…