Unlike almost every other democracy, Australia’s constitution does not include a Bill of Rights, meaning that basic rights which citizens of other nations take for granted such as freedom of speech or communication, may not necessarily be protected under the law. (1) This has allowed certain government departments free reign to act against community groups … Continue reading »
The Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) has held an authority to fundraise (granted by the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing (OLGR) in NSW) since 1996. Complaints from members of the organisation Stop the AVN, a group which has been trying for 3 years to force us to close our doors through harassment, bullying and vexatious … Continue reading »
I am due to present one seminar and participating in a forum on toxicity at the Woodford Folk Festival in a bit over 2 weeks’ time. (Thursday, December 29th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM – Autism Emergency – 1 child in 38; Friday, December 30th from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Forum on Toxicity – both at the Blue … Continue reading »
In what must be a very unusual move, the HCCC has tacked a second complaint on to this original case. This complaint was submitted by Toni and David McCaffery, parents of 4-week-old Dana, who died from whooping cough in March of 2009. Even more unusually, I am unable to view the actual complaint and instead, … Continue reading »
In what must be a very unusual move, the HCCC has tacked a second complaint on to this original case. This complaint was submitted by Toni and David McCaffery, parents of 4-week-old Dana, who died from whooping cough in March of 2009. Even more unusually, I am unable to view the actual complaint and instead, … Continue reading »
Many of our members have asked me to analyse what the HCCC findings against the AVN were all about. I have gathered together almost all of the correspondence between both Ken McLeod and the HCCC into one location on Scribd which you can access by clicking here, but since this is composed of hundreds of … Continue reading »
Many of our members have asked me to analyse what the HCCC findings against the AVN were all about. I have gathered together almost all of the correspondence between both Ken McLeod and the HCCC into one location on Scribd which you can access by clicking here, but since this is composed of hundreds of … Continue reading »
I guess I should not be surprised when the media gets something wrong. It’s just that when they get SO MANY things wrong in one article, it’s difficult not to read that as anything but intentional bias and deliberate misstatements. Below is a critique of the article that appeared in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, written … Continue reading »
Several of our members have been inspired to write to the HCCC regarding their warning about information provided by the AVN. I am putting their letters here so those of you who feel moved to write in support of the AVN’s work can also write to express your feelings. Please send your letters to: Kimber … Continue reading »
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 26/07/2010 – For Immediate Release: Consumer advocacy and vaccine safety watchdog group, the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN), has just been informed by a media outlet that the HCCC has posted a notice on its website warning about the information provided by the AVN to health consumers via the website www.avn.org.au. Our legal advisors had previously … Continue reading »
