Category Archives: Announcements
Special Court Rules that Vaccines are Not Linked to Autism
The claim that autism is linked to vaccinations, and in particular the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, has taken a further blow with the US Court of Federal Claims rejecting claims in three separate cases that the mercury-containing preservative, thimerosal, does not cause autism. This follows a similar ruling a year ago in the same court. The US Congress … Read on »
A Matter of Balance
Richard Saunders finds some amazing inventions at Mind Body Wallet and puts them to the test. From the pages of The Skeptic March 2010 In November 2009, a group of Australian Skeptics and friends headed for the Festival of Mind Body Spirit in Sydney. An overview of this adventure can be seen in the previous issue of The Skeptic. … Read on »
Australian Skeptics’ position on “climate change sceptics”
The term “Skeptics” or “Sceptics” has been in the news a lot more than usual in the past few years. Often, this has been linked to ‘climate change scepticism’ which is a position that claims that some or all details of the theory of human-induced climate change are false. ‘Scepticism’ has also been linked to … Read on »
MMR doctor, ‘unethical, callous and dishonest’
One of the poster boys of the global anti-vaccination movement, Dr Andrew Wakefield, has been found guilty of being dishonest, irresponsible and misleading, with the possibility of being struck off the medical register. Wakefield was a senior lecturer in the Departments of Medicine and Histopathology at the Royal Free Hospital and a reader in experimental gastroenterology. He … Read on »
Australian Skeptics Announce: TAM! Australia 2010
The 2010 Australian Skeptics National Convention will be held in Sydney. Six years after the last time Sydney hosted the convention, and 10 years after the World Skeptical Convention III in 2000, this will not be an ordinary convention; it will be an international event in the true sense of the word. Not only will our … Read on »
Chiropractor’s Complaint against Australian Skeptics dismissed
A few weeks ago Australian Skeptics was informed that a complaint was lodged against us with the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission by chiropractor Joseph Ierano. On Friday, the 23rd of October, we received a letter from the HCCC stating that it has dismissed the complaint. The Commission has determined that we are not a … Read on »
Chiropractor lodges complaint against Australian Skeptics
Following the publication of Simon Singh’s article on the Australian Skeptics website, chiropractor Joseph Ierano wrote a letter to the organisation with a detailed if somewhat rambling rebuff of the article. Being an organisation of volunteers we thought a detailed response by Australian Skeptics President, Eran Segev, within three weeks was a good effort, but … Read on »
Important information for parents: the facts about vaccination.
Immunisation saves lives. Since the humble observations about cowpox made by Edward Jenner in the 1700s, vaccination programs have saved millions of lives and dramatically decreased child mortality and suffering. Diseases such as smallpox are now consigned to history, while polio has virtually disappeared. But sadly there are some people who are vehemently opposed to vaccinations. While they … Read on »
Beware the spinal trap
UK based science writer and communicator, Simon Singh is currently being sued for defamation (or libel) by the British Chiropractic Association. The legal action stems from an article published by The Guardian Newspaper, in which Simon questioned the evidence for the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment for colic in children. In a worldwide campaign, The Guardian article originally published in 2008, is to be republished across the world. … Read on »
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