News from Polio Australia

Each year, Global Citizen organises an event for World Polio Day. They engage other organisations to join them, including Polio Australia. While the main focus of the event is to encourage government towards “one last push” to global vaccination access and therefore towards eradication of polio, they also include a polio survivor talking about the real-life experience of polio and its late effects. This year’s lived experience speaker is none other than our own Gary Newton.

While the event is usually at Parliament House (and usually has champagne and finger food), it’s going virtual for the second year in a row. The loss of champagne and snacks is a shame, but the huge advantage is that people can view the event from across the country.

It’s at 4pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time on Monday 25th October. 3.30pm for South Australia Full details are here: https://www.polioaustralia.org.au/world-polio-day-2021. Hope you can make it!