A new Bill has been proposed in the New South Wales parliament which, if passed, will enable consumers to complain to the government not only about health information that has adversely affected their health but also about information that they deem is likely to cause harm. Proposed by NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner, the Health Legislation Amendment … Read on »
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World Homeopathic Awareness Week
April 10th marks the 258th birthday of the Samuel Hahnemann the progenitor of Homeopathy. Fittingly it is also the … Read on »
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Sydney: April 6 — Sex and the Troll
Want to know how dangerous sex is? And is anonymity possible in the age of 'questioning everything'? Dr Brooke … Read on »
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Queensland’s anti-fluoride councils: a…
In the last few months, a number of Queensland local councils have voted to end water fluoridation from drinking … Read on »
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Measles Madness
A book promoting measles as a child-friendly disease has been soundly criticised around the world, in both mainstream and … Read on »
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Calling all diviners
Australian Skeptics are again organising a major test of water divining, repeating an exercise last undertaken 11 years ago … Read on »
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AVN — new name, new president
Meryl Dorey, the founder and long-term president of the Australian Vaccination Network, has announced that she has relinquished her … Read on »
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Cold fusion at energy conference
Cold fusion was the subject of a presentation at the All-Energy Conference held in Melbourne in October, but with … Read on »
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2012 Bent Spoon Award
On the night of the 1st of December, at a glittering dinner at the Melbourne Arts Centre for the … Read on »
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James Gerrand — another Skeptic…
James (Gerry) Gerrand, co-founder of the Australian Skeptics, died on October 12, aged 93. Gerrand played a fundamental role in … Read on »
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