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The return of Condoman would not have been possible without funding and commitment from the Australian Government and Queensland Health.

It has been a privilege to work closely with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership teams at the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities and the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council to complete the return of Australia’s best-known Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander animated character.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the remarkable group of people behind the original Condoman. We hope that you will see this comic as a positive extension of what you established.

We hope that this comic helps to reduce sexually transmitted infections in your community.

Damian Amamoo, CEO, Inception Strategies

The ‘Condoman Returns’ campaign is supported by financial assistance from the Australian Government

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This means if we continue to have

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

are a real health concern for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

This is very true for those younger people between the ages of 16 – 30 years old.

unsafe sex or sex without condoms then we can pass this infection on

to someone else or be infected with another type of STI. The danger of

having one or more STIs at the same time is that it greatly increases our chances of getting HIV.

If we are sexually active and have sex without condoms we place ourselves at a higher risk of being infected with a STI. If you have sex with more than one person, it is most likely you won’t know if they are having sex

with someone else, this means that they could have an STI. STIs don’t always show any signs or symptoms which means they can be easily spread to others if they don’t use a condom.

If left unchecked or untreated STIs can cause serious problems for men

and women such as being unable to have babies later on in life. This is why we should have regular health check-ups that include tests for STIs.

There is no need to feel ‘shame’, be game when going

to the doctor or Medical Service and ask for a sexual health check up. All you need to do is give a urine

(pee) and blood sample and you can be checked for all STIs and HIV. It only takes about a week for

the results to come back. These services are private

and condential and no one apart from the Doctor or Nurse will know your results.

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Contactnumbers numbersfor forlocal localAboriginal Aboriginaland andTorres TorresStrait StraitIslander IslanderCommunity CommunityControlled ControlledHealth HealthServices Services Contact are as follows: are as follows: SERVICE SERVICE

LOCATION LOCATION

NUMBER NUMBER

Aboriginaland andIslander Torres Strait Islander Community Service Brisbane WestWest Aboriginal Community Health ServiceHealth Brisbane End End

07073393 33930055 0055

Aboriginaland andIslander IslanderCommunity CommunityHealth HealthService Service Mackay Mackay Aboriginal

Mackay Mackay

07074951 49512833 2833

ApunipimaCape CapeYork YorkHealth HealthCouncil Council Apunipima

Cairns Cairns

07074051 40517450 7450

Barambah Regional Medical Service Barambah Regional Medical Service

Cherbourg Cherbourg

07 4169 8600 07 4169 8600

Bidgerdii Community Health Service Bidgerdii Community Health Service Bundaberg Indigenous Wellbeing Centre Bundaberg Indigenous Well Being Centre Carbal Medical Centre Carbal Medical Centre Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Charleville and Western Areas Aboriginal and Torres Strait Corporation Community Health

Rockhampton Rockhampton Bundaberg Bundaberg Toowoomba Toowoomba

07 4169 8600 07 4169 8600 07 4151 5402 07 4151 5402 07 4639 4461 07 4639 4461

Charleville Charleville

46543277 3277 07074654

Cunnumulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health Islander Corporation Community Health Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service Cunnumulla Aboriginal Corporation for Health Girudala Community Co-operative Ltd Girudala Community Co-operative Ltd Goolburri Health Advancement Aboriginal Corporation Goolburri Health Advancement Aboriginal Corporation Goondir Health Service Goondir Health Service Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service Gurriny Yealamucka Health service Injilinji Youth Service Injilinji Youth Service Kalwun Health Service Kalwun Health Service Kambu Medical Centre Kambu Medical Centre Mamu Health Service Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation Mount Isa Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service Mamu Health Service Mudth-Niyleta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation

Hervey Bay Cunnumulla Bowen Bowen Toowoomba Toowoomba Dalby Dalby Yarrabah Yarrabah Mount Isa Mount Isa Burleigh Heads Burleigh Heads Ipswich Ipswich Innisfail Scarness Mt Isa Innisfail Sarina

07 4125 4228 07 4655 8800 07 4786 1000 07 4786 1000 07 4632 0338 07 4632 0338 07 4662 5684 07 4662 5684 07 4056 9388 07 4056 9388 07 4749 5276 07 4749 5276 07 5520 6799 07 5520 6799 07 3812 3843 07 3812 3843 07 4061 4477 07 4124 4814 07 4744 0400 07 4061 4477 07 4956 2509

Mulungu Health Service Mount Isa Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service Nhulundu Wooribah Indigenous Health Organisation Mudth-Niyleta Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health Mulungu Health Service Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service

Mareeba Mt Isa Gladstone Sarina Maroochydore Mareeba Townsville

07 4092 3428 07 4744 0400 07 4972 9499 07 4956 2509 07 5443 3599 07 4092 3428 07 4759 4027

Nhulundu Wooribah Indigenous Wuchopperen Health Service Health Organisation

Gladstone Cairns

49721000 9499 07074080

Yulu-Burri-Ba Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health

Cunnumulla

Dunwich

07 4655 8800

07 3409 9596

North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health

Maroochydore

07 5443 3599

Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service

Townsville

07 4759 4027

WuChopperen Health Service

Cairns

07 4080 1000

Yulu-Burri-Ba Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health

Dunwich

07 3409 9596

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We would like to thank the following talented people for helping us to develop this comic: Storyline

Brendan Leishman Wilo Muwadda Brett Mooney Paul Martin Tony Coburn Dion Tatow Chris Eldridge David Baker Jan O’Day Robyn Draste William Wake Shilo Monkland Dustin Green Sid Williams

Script, Creative Supervision Character Design

Character and Environment Referencing Pencils Colours Pencil and Colour Supervison Lettering Pre Press

Damian Brendan Stefani James James P Liz Chris Arif Averil Jaymes Tracy

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