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Have we stopped asking questions? Mandatory Vaccination under the spotlight at Canberra event

Prior to 2021, most Australians likely felt little reason to delve into how vaccines available in Australia are developed, tested, approved and rolled out.

US CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all

The United States' government health agency has adopted COVID-19 recommendations made by a team of advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Queensland teachers, business owners granted COVID vaccine mandate appeal

A group of teachers and small business owners have been granted an appeal to argue that a state's COVID-19 vaccination mandates were unlawful.

COVID-19 vaccinations no longer recommended for healthy children and adolescents under 18

A significant change was made to the Australian Immunisation Handbook regarding COVID-19 vaccines.

Save QoVAX: Campaigners rally to prevent destruction of biobank that could provide key to treating long Covid and vaccine injuries

The Queensland Government is facing strong pushback over its plans to destroy a globally significant biobank which could prove invaluable to research into diagnosing and treating long Covid and Covid vaccine injuries. 

Documents reveal gaps in COVID vaccine death reviews

Australians are routinely assured that deaths arising from Covid vaccination are vanishingly rare, based on the drug safety regulator’s claim that it has identified only 14 deaths linked to vaccination out of more than 70 million doses given.

Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ Covid vaccine study biobank 

A ‘globally significant’ bank of biosamples from a study into the immune effects of Covid vaccines is set to be destroyed, two years after the award-winning research project was defunded by the Queensland Government.  

‘Cruel irony’: Covid vaccine injury compensation scheme brought to an end as government delivers budget surplus

The Australian Government’s Covid vaccine injury compensation scheme ended on Monday, leaving anyone injured by the ongoing administration of the Covid vaccines without a safety net.

Integrity of excess mortality inquiry in question over high volume of suppressed submissions

A medical doctor, whose submission to the Senate’s excess mortality inquiry was omitted from the public record, has questioned the transparency of the inquiry process, after the committee’s report revealed that a majority of submissions it received had been suppressed.

Canberra mother recounts severe Covid vaccine injury as anaesthetist claims jabs as potential culprit in excess deaths

University educated mother of three and former disability consultant, advocate and Canberran, Mrs Kara Potter, wishes that she had been aware of the details of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial, before she had her booster shot on 8 January 2022.

AstraZeneca admits COVID vaccine can cause ‘life-threatening’ blood clots

For the first time, AstraZeneca has admitted that its COVID vaccine can cause a deadly blood clot side effect known as Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS).

COVID-19 vaccine mandates for NSW health workers set to be dropped

NSW health workers might no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the minister responsible declares people need to "get back on with life".

Australians abandon failed mRNA Covid shots

After climbing the world leaderboard during the initial Covid vaccine rollout to achieve over 95% vaccination coverage,¹ Australians have turned their back on boosters, with the vast majority now ‘under-vaccinated’.

Covid vaccine injury compensation win, but youth worker still has ‘heart of a 90-year-old’

An Adelaide youth worker who was “disabled” by pericarditis after getting a Covid booster shot under a workplace mandate made headlines this week after the South Australian Employment Tribunal ruled that he is to receive income support and payment of medical expenses for his injury.

Landmark Covid vaccine injury win

The Department of Child Protection (DCP) must pay compensation and medical expenses to a youth worker who developed pericarditis after getting a Covid booster under a workplace vaccination directive, the South Australian Employment Tribunal has ruled.

Florida Surgeon General calls to halt use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, sparking debate

On January 3, 2024, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo called for a halt in the use of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines after US health agencies failed to adequately address his concerns about DNA contamination in the products.

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