http://www.skeptics.com.au Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uniting-church-cancels-avn-seminar/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uniting-church-cancels-avn-seminar/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 12:25:35 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=3061 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uniting-church-cancels-avn-seminar/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/avn-denied-advertising-in-mum-and-babies-publication/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/avn-denied-advertising-in-mum-and-babies-publication/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:31:30 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2921 It was recently alleged that the AVN was denied paid advertising in The Child group of magazines, including Sydney’s Child. The monthly publications are distributed free in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth via childcare centres and baby shops and are highly targeted to Australian parents. Australian Skeptics understand that the AVN applied to purchase [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/avn-denied-advertising-in-mum-and-babies-publication/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tokyo-embassy-links-to-antivax-group-stop-the-avn-to-the-rescue/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tokyo-embassy-links-to-antivax-group-stop-the-avn-to-the-rescue/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:43:19 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2720 By the Skeptic Zone’s Dave The Happy Singer The Australian Embassy in Toyko has removed a web link to the notorious Australian Vaccination Network after the ‘Stop The AVN’ group alerted officials. The deceptively named ‘Australian Vaccination Network’ (AVN) is a rabid anti-vaccination lobby group, spreading unsubstantiated fear, uncertainty and doubt while purporting to ‘empower people to [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/tokyo-embassy-links-to-antivax-group-stop-the-avn-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/the-old-one-two-three-hits-the-anti-vaccination-movement/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/the-old-one-two-three-hits-the-anti-vaccination-movement/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:14:14 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2349 It hasn’t been a good week for anti-vaxers. In fact, it hasn’t been a good year. But the period from the end of January into the first week of February 2010 was particularly troublesome for the luddites of the medical world. In three consecutive blows, a key piece of research for the movement and its main [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/the-old-one-two-three-hits-the-anti-vaccination-movement/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/meryl-dorey-and-the-avn-win-2009-bent-spoon/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/meryl-dorey-and-the-avn-win-2009-bent-spoon/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:30:14 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=1880 The Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Award was presented last night at the annual Skeptics’ Convention at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The Bent Spoon is awarded annually for the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudo-scientific piffle and is chosen from a list of public nominations submitted to the Australian [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/meryl-dorey-and-the-avn-win-2009-bent-spoon/feed/ 0