Reaching the milestone would make the state one of the first places in the world to eliminate HIV before the global target of 2030.
A woman of mixed race appears to be third person ever to be cured of HIV - and the first to escape the punishing side effects of the treatment.
An Australian-led group of researchers discovers an immunotherapy for cancer can also “wake up” HIV in the body,allowing the immune system to target it again.
The novel treatment,which seeks out HIV where it “hides” in the brain,also holds out hope for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
A three-year study has found that HIV prevention medication has reduced transmission rates by 40 per cent in NSW.
About 900 people are diagnosed with HIV each year in Australia. But with $53 million in federal funding,that could drop to fewer than 100 annually.