Physicians call for moratorium on WA No Jab No Play pending independent review

As many of you would already know, the Western Australia Department of Health is currently conducting a public consultation regarding the government’s proposed No Jab No Play law. We were pleasantly surprised to see that two options are under consideration. Option A – Fully implement recently introduced regulations requiring the collection and reporting of immunisation information by… [Read More]

Party Response: Australian Christians Party

Hi Meryl, Compulsory vaccinations is a divisive issue indeed. As your footnote states, “Every issue has two sides”. We have a number of our own candidates and staff with opposing views on this vex issue. At this stage Australian Christians has not settled on a position on compulsory vaccinations. We recommend that people continue to… [Read More]

Party Response: Australian Progressives Party

Dear Meryl, Thank you for your email, we do have a vaccination policy. As we are a party that supports peer reviewed scientific research our members have written and supported a Pro Vaccination policy. As such, we do not and will not support anti vaccine movements. Especially considering the deaths caused by infection from the unvaccinated. For us… [Read More]

Party response: Health Australia Party

Health Australia Party supports informed consent. Here is our position statement on ‘No jabs’: https://www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/HAP-official-statement-on-No-Jab-No-Pay_Play-Legislation-FINAL-04_04_16.pdf   Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Website www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au OFFICIAL STATEMENT “NO JAB NO PAY/PLAY” LEGISLATION April 2, 2016 HAP understands that the overwhelming majority of the huge amount of submissions both Federally, and in Victoria, were against this legislation, and that… [Read More]

No Jab No Play (NSW) – updated

The AVN’s page about New South Wales No Jab No Play – which originally took effect from 01 January 2014 – has been updated to incorporate changes effective from 01 January 2016. Conscientious objection to vaccination is still permitted for the purpose of enrolment in NSW childcare, however the procedures and form by which to… [Read More]

Flu shots should be mandatory for hospital workers: CMAJ | CTV News

Why can’t we have this sort of balanced reporting by Australian media? What is wrong with our journalists that they are consistently one-sided on this issue? How can we have a conversation about such an important issue if one side is always suppressed or denigrated? Flu shots should be mandatory for hospital workers: CMAJ |… [Read More]

Know your rights!

The first thing you need to know is that in Australia, vaccination is not compulsory. It doesn’t matter what your doctor, school principal, mother in law or neighbour say – no school, preschool, childcare centre or playgroup is legally allowed to discriminate against a child because of their vaccination status. Secondly, whether you vaccinate fully,… [Read More]