In practice AFAIK it is a case of if you are HIV then you don't breastfeed. However, the numbers of HIV+ve women who give birth in Australia is very low- less than 30 a year in the latest stats I could find.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
On 14/04/2014, at 4:33 PM, Pamela Morrison wrote:

> Karleen, many thanks :-)
> 
> The infant feeding/breastfeeding summary dated 2013 at http://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/the_guidelines/n56b_infant_feeding_summary_130808.pdf has this to say about maternal HIV, "At present, breastfeeding is contra-indicated when a mother is known to be HIV positive (specialist advice is needed for each individual case)."
> 
> The non-summarized version dated 2012, at http://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/the_guidelines/n56_infant_feeding_guidelines.pdf gives this guidance in
> "Table 6.2: Maternal conditions and breastfeeding, Maternal conditions that may justify permanent avoidance of breastfeeding, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): Avoid breastfeeding if replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe."
> 
> This is a little bit ambiguous.  I wonder how this works out in practice.
> 
> Pam
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> The finalised, current Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers can be downloaded at http://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines
> Karleen Gribble
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