The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has confirmed a report widely publicised in the last two weeks that the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) “provides information that is inaccurate and misleading”. It adds that the antivaccination organisation’s failure to include a notice on its website regarding its true purpose and the nature of its advice … Read on »
In The News…
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AVN Takes a hammering in the media
Following the damning HCCC report about the deceptively named Australian Vaccination Network, the media has started to treat the … Read on »
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AVN meeting flops
The Australian Vaccination Network's latest meeting in Perth to promote its cause has proved to be a major 'disappointment' … Read on »
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TAM Australia Sold Out!
Tickets for TAM Australia have sold out. A limited number of full-priced tickets may be released at … Read on »
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HCCC says the AVN is “misleading…
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has found that the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) provides “misleading and inaccurate information … Read on »
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Power Balance TGA Complaint
The distributor of the Power Balance, a wristband supposed to interact with the “body's natural energy flow” to improve … Read on »
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Sydney Skeptics dinner — Sue-Ann Post
Sue-Ann Post, everyone’s favourite six foot, lesbian, ex-Mormon, diabetic comedian and writer – not to mention Skeptic – is … Read on »
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From Our Blogs…
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AVN publicly humiliated
AVN now routinely getting publicly humiliated The Australian Vaccination Network, an antivax organisation fronted by Meryl Dorey, has long been an … Read on »
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Flu Vax Reactions; Bad Batch Ruled Out, the…
One of the criticisms being leveled at the government for the recent adverse flu events is the question of how … Read on »
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Meryl Dorey’s Fear Factor: Hypocrisy…
From Vaccinate You Children In May 2009, the AVN’s Meryl Dorey penned Pertussis: The Fear Factor, an article that could best … Read on »
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Climate debate: opinion vs evidence
Stephan Lewandowsky is a Winthrop Professor and an Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Western Australia. This article was … Read on »
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Differences in Attitudes
Ken Mcleod is a retired air traffic controller and all-round stirrer. In 2009, he lodged a complaint to the NSW … Read on »
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New Science Curriculum Under the Microscope
Michael Adams, a high school English teacher, explains why he nominated ACARA to the Bent Spoon Award. In nominating the ACARA … Read on »
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