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The following posts feature discussions and information on the issue of medical freedom.

Victorian paediatrician condemns No Jab No Play

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Pro-vaccine Victorian paediatrician, Dr. Jenny Royle, strongly criticised the Victorian No Jab No Play law during a panel discussion at the 2018 National Immunisation Conference held in Adelaide during June.

I vehemently oppose the Victorian law, No Jab No Play.  […]  I don’t want people to be disadvantaged by strategies to increase immunisation coverage, and the Victorian law, No Jab No Play, disadvantages children and their families.  I think denying a child entry into kindergarten is wrong. I think it’s a disproportionate response to the risk that a fully immunised child has in being in a kindergarten with a very small number of children who aren’t 100% up-to-date with their immunisations, and that risk is disproportionate to the punishment.

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General anaesthesia for vaccination under No Jab No Pay/Play?

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Sydney University academic, Associate Professor Julie Leask, made a disturbing revelation at the 2018 National Immunisation Conference held in Adelaide during June.

She claimed that some medically-complex children will require sedation or even general anaesthesia in order to undergo catch-up vaccination, and that if their parents are unwilling to consent, they will be denied family assistance payments.

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Low health literacy associated with high vaccination rates

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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reported in 2014 that 60 per cent of adult Australians have low health literacy, arguing that they may not be able to effectively exercise their choice or voice when making healthcare decisions.

The Commission defines individual health literacy as the skills, knowledge, motivation and capacity of a person to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make effective decisions about health and health care and take appropriate action…. [Read More]

There Is Nothing Trendy About Not Vaccinating Your Child

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Not vaccinating your child is not something you take lightly as a parent. The bombardment of vaccine propaganda is everywhere you look and some are scared to even let others know that they don’t vaccinate, because they don’t want their children to face the stigma of going against the crowd.

Going to the doctors can be a battleground where you are berated and belittled for not conforming to the status quo.  The simple act of going to the emergency room because your child broke their arm always starts with the question “Is your child up to date on their immunisations?” and you think to yourself – here we go again!… [Read More]

Allegations that Hennessy’s dept misled court referred to IBAC

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Media Release

Last week we took the unprecedented step of submitting a complaint of corruption to the Victorian Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC).

Our complaint raises serious concerns about the conduct – possibly extending to criminal conduct – of several parties holding high office in Victoria.

The conduct in question relates to certain false and/or misleading submissions made to the Children’s Court in September 2017, by Health Minister Jill Hennessy’s department, as well as public statements made by Families and Children’s Minister, Jenny Mikakos…. [Read More]

International Revolution for Choice Rally, Brisbane June 2

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Today we have a guest post by Allona from Allona Fit To Parent Network – Allona is organising the Australian leg of the International Revolution for Choice Rally, which will be held in Brisbane on June 2. Welcome Allona!

I didn’t start the war … they did…

I always knew I was never going to vaccinate after having a Hepatitis B vaccine when I was 21 and within months was literally covered with eczema, had severe allergies, autoimmune issues and 7 years of health hell, I was never going to have another vaccine…. [Read More]

NCIRS to look for geographical hotspots in medical exemption data

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A recently published report called Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2016 authored by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), reveals that medical exemption data will be analysed to look for geographical hotspots.

Exploration of children with at least one medical exemption for a vaccine by geographical area, looking for any ‘hotspots’, will be undertaken as part of a separate report. (page 29)

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Compelling New Book: Vaccination Panic in Australia by Professor Brian Martin

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Brian Martin is an emeritus professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and vice president of Whistleblowers Australia. He is the author of 17 books and hundreds of articles on dissent, scientific controversies, nonviolence, democracy, education and other topics.

In 2009 in Australia, a citizens’ campaign was launched to silence public criticism of vaccination. This campaign involved an extraordinary variety of techniques to denigrate, harass and censor public vaccine critics. It was unlike anything seen in other scientific controversies, involving everything from alleging beliefs in conspiracy theories to rewriting Wikipedia entries…. [Read More]

Reminder: Conscientious Objection permitted in New South Wales until the end of this year

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As most of you will already know, the New South Wales parliament recently passed legislation abolishing the right to conscientiously object to vaccination for the purpose of enrolment in early education services in that state.  The law takes effect on 01 January 2018.

However, as the law applies only to those enrolments on or after that date, and not existing enrolments, unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children may still be enrolled up until 31 December 2017, even if the placement does not commence until 2018.

So, if you were considering enrolling your child in an early education service next year, please ensure the enrolment is finalised before the end of this year…. [Read More]

No Jab No Play NSW: Attacking the right to work and learn makes no economic sense

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Poverty, Family poverty

Some parents have reported that because of No Jab No Pay/No Play, they can no longer afford accommodation and are now living in their cars.

It is almost impossible to believe that the New South Wales (NSW) LNP government has enacted a No Jab No Play law prohibiting unvaccinated children from being enrolled in early child care and education services, in the absence of any evidence showing that unvaccinated children pose a risk to other children, or the public health more generally, and contrary to the recommendation of an expert committee.

The Report on the Statutory Review of the NSW Public Health Act 2010 was tabled in parliament during November 2016 and included a number of recommendations relevant to the issue of so-called vaccine-preventable disease and vaccination.

Recommendation 31: The Public Health Act should not be amended to remove the conscientious objector exemption to enrolment in a childcare facility. (page 49)

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