ASF supports the Lighthouse Declaration

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Three dedicated, courageous and outspoken health practitioners have launched the Cape Byron Lighthouse Declaration, aimed at encouraging health professionals to speak out against censorship and intimidation tactics employed by governments, bureaucrats, and regulatory bodies.

In a series of short video interviews, the three organising members Dr Paul Oosterhuis, Dr Robert Brennan, and Ros Nealon-Cook share key messages to their fellow health professionals, and they talk about what brought them together, what led them to speak out and formulate this declaration, and how they see the future.

ASF supports this great initiative. Professionals and concerned citizens are invited to sign the declaration.

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  • Prof Gigi Foster

    Gigi Foster (Professor, UNSW School of Economics; BA Ethics, Politics and Economics, PhD Economics) works in diverse fields including education, social influence, time use, lab experiments, behavioural economics, and Australian policy. Named 2019 Young Economist of the Year by the Economic Society of Australia, she publishes in both specialised and cross-disciplinary outlets, and her innovative teaching was awarded a 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. She has filled numerous roles of service to the profession and engages heavily on economic matters with the Australian community, as one of Australia’s leading economics communicators, in the media and at live events. She is co-author of The Great Covid Panic (Brownstone Institute 2021, with Paul Frijters and Michael Baker) and Do Lockdowns and Border Closures Serve the “Greater Good”? (Connor Court 2022, with Sanjeev Sabhlok).

  • Dr Julie Sladden

    Julie Sladden is a doctor and writer with over 25 years clinical experience across multiple disciplines in Australia and the UK. She is a passionate advocate for professionalism, ethics and transparency in healthcare.

  • Jörg Probst

    Jörg Probst is a Sydney-based Swiss-born polyglot Australian researcher and commentator with a passion for promoting critical and independent thinking. He studied philosophy, psychology and law, practised as a lawyer and now works as a legal researcher.

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