Gardasil: Australia takes the lead, the story behind the headlines

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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By Elizabeth Hart The Gardasil HPV vaccine was originally rejected by the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in 2006, when the Howard Liberal Government was in power. An article by Matthew Stevens in The Australian at the time (November 2006),(1) reports the PBAC rejected Gardasil because it was: “too expensive and, just maybe, not what [...]

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Filed Under: Australia, Australian Concerns, HPV, Vaccine Marketing, Vaccine Politics/People

HPV Vaccination Programs: PhD Candidate Seeks Answers From Australian Health Authorities

July 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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[SaneVax: PhD candidate Judy Wilyman sent the following questions to Australian Health Authorities on July 18, 2012. Among other things, she wants to know why a vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), which may lead to cervical cancer, is being marketed so aggressively in a country with one of the lowest rates of cervical cancer in the [...]

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Filed Under: Australia, Australian Concerns, Gardasil / Silgard, Vaccine Marketing Tagged With: , , ,

Wollongong University Researcher Writes to Australian Government Officials

October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:41 AM To: Honourable Nicola Roxon Cc: peter.collignon@act.gov.au; attorney@ag.gov.au; Anna Salleh; enquiries@sweetcommunication.com.au; bitan@theaustralian.com.au;r.manne@latrobe.edu.au; senator.bob.brown@aph.gov.au; andrew.wilkie.mp@aph.gov.au; pbarr@rtrfm.com.au; mediawatch@your.abc.net.au;complaintsinfo@humanrights.gov.au; cathy.oleary@wanews.com.au; julian@jjlaw.com.au Subject: Steven Hambleton President of the AMA Importance: High To the Federal Health Minister, I am writing in response to the article ‘A Noble Cause’ aired on Background Briefing on the ABC radio 16.10.11. In this article the President of the AMA, Dr. Steven Hambleton, made his position on the [...]

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HPV Vaccine Wrongly Referred to as Cervical Cancer by Media and Others

August 16, 2011 By 2 Comments

Dear Media watch I am frustrated that a high proportion of media outlets and journalist when referring to Prof Ian Frazer state that he is the creator of the words first cervical cancer vaccine – Gardasil. This is NOT correct. He was a co-creator of a VACCINE against 2 and possibly HPVHuman papillomaviruses that may [...]

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Filed Under: Australian Concerns

Steven Tunley Writes to “60 Minutes”

August 14, 2011 By 2 Comments

Subject: Getting the point (10/6/11) Dear 60 Minutes I refer to your program “Getting the point”. My daughter is one of the victims of vaccination. In May 2009 she had her first dose of Gardasil the HPV vaccine co-developed by Dr Ian Frazer, CSL and Merck. She felt unwell immediately post vaccination. She had her [...]

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Filed Under: Australian Concerns

Letter to 60 Minutes regarding the show ‘Getting the Point’

August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

10 June 2011 in Australia, the news program ’60 Minutes’ aired a segment entitled, “Getting the point” by reporter Ellen Fanning. The show intended to cover the vaccine issue. The letter sent by Judy Wilyman to the show’s producers is below. To the 60 minute team, I would like to publicise some of the myths [...]

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Filed Under: Australian Concerns