Request past media releases

Request past media releases

If you're interested in a Lifeblood media release from before 2019, browse the following list to see where we've come from.

If one of the following media releases catches your eye, don't hesitate to email our media team to request a copy today. 

2018

  • Frankston donor centre reopens 
  • Milk Bank for prem babies 
  • Red Cross PageUp security incident 
  • Important information, Lifeblood staff not impacted by Red Cross pay
  • James Harrison retires 
  • Lifeblood joins pioneers in digital health sector
  • Blood on the battlefield 
     

2017

  • Australia’s minimum age increases to 18 
  • Statement from Shelly Park
  • Comments regarding first TT hep E infection
  • New $1.5 million donor centre in Mackay 
  • Cannington donor centre opens 
     

2016

  • Blood Service apologises for donor data leak 
  • Lifeblood a partner in leading-edge biopharma centre 
  • We’ve moved in
  • Research aims to improve blood use during childbirth
  • Changing demand marks end of era for Castlemaine
  • Lifeblood statement: Zika virus 
  • Shelly Park appointed Lifeblood CEO
     

2015

  • New Perth donor centre 
  • Hobart gets $3.8 mill donor and distribution centre
  • $1.45 million donor centre upgrade for Shepparton
  • Merger gives birth to new Edgewater Donor Centre 
  • Australia’s largest donor centre opening in May 
     

2014

  • Horsham moves to mobile collection service 
  • Griffith blood donation goes mobile 
  • Hamilton to receive mobile collection service 
  • No change to sexual activity deferral says regulator 
     

2013

  • Permanent closure of Kalgoorlie donor centre 
  • Lifeblood visits to Yeppoon ends this week 
     

2012

  • Blood donation review released