'I'm one of those people who gets 2 boxes of fits every time I come to the Community Centre, even if I haven't finished the last 2 boxes.'

Jack's story about jail, ice and hep C. 'I want to be healthy.'

“I asked some of my mob who are living in the country about sharing injecting equipment and why they do it - or more to the point, why they don't have new, sterile fits for every hit.”

Put simply, there are three things for hep C transmission to occur.

When Toby commenced treatment for hepatitis C he decided to confide in his supervisor. Toby had believed that as a valued employee for 25 years he would be given support, if needed, from his employer. As soon as he told his employer he had hep C, he was placed off work without pay. They suggested he approach Centrelink to apply for sickness benefits, which he did, but as he was not sick, he was not eligible.