8 August 2026
'People are still dying': Lasting scars of Australia's tainted blood scandal
The 1980s contaminated blood crisis devastated the lives of thousands of Australians who were infected with hepatitis C or HIV. Now, survivor Tristan Stanley, who contracted hep C as a child, has uncovered government documents that raise troubling questions about the scandal.
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