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Dr Julie Sladden

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Julie Sladden is a doctor (retired) 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.

The quiet redefinition of ‘vaccine’

When Federal Parliament moved to amend the National Health Act and broaden the legal definition of ‘vaccine’, only five senators voted against it. Hidden inside this amendment is a significant shift in Australia’s immunisation framework, one that paves the way for an entirely new class of pharmaceutical products to be
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Australian senate forces answers on why Covid vaccine deaths were not investigated

After US regulators linked child deaths to Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, an Australian senator has demanded to know why reported child deaths in Australia were not escalated for expert causality assessment.
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The trust fall – why Australia must rethink its childhood vaccine mandates

When public health relies on coercion rather than confidence, trust is often the first casualty. In a post-Covid world, Australia’s declining vaccination rates point to a deeper fracture – one born of a system that has lost sight of the central importance of informed consent.
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Stairs to Nowhere: TGA’s vanishing promise of safety monitoring

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ASF Submission to CDC Bill

ASF has made a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs regarding the CDC Bill.
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The Cost of Compliance

It begins quietly. A notice in a job offer. A line in a university placement agreement. A policy on a workplace intranet. Somewhere in the fine print, you’re told that to work here, to study here, to complete your training, you must have this medical procedure. Decline, and you are
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AHPRA: Unfit for purpose?

For too long, AHPRA has operated without effective oversight, shielded by a legislative framework that grants it sweeping powers and near-immunity from consequences. Only one thing can fix this broken system: legislative change that delivers true accountability.
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The Silencing of Science: Censorship & the Collapse of Free Speech in Medicine

Doctors, once encouraged to question, debate, and engage in open scientific inquiry, now navigate a system that increasingly rewards conformity and punishes dissent.
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The UK, a nation in crisis?

The loss of national pride and identity was perhaps the most telling sign of a UK decline. In her ARC address, Kemi Badenoch reported a recent survey that showed nearly 60 per cent of young Brits are not proud of their country, with almost 40 per cent of the fighting-age
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The pandemic reckoning that never came

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Second “Progress through Science and Freedom” Conference

ASF’s second conference again brings together thinkers and community leaders to share learnings, formulate plans and help establish new and emerging networks and organisations to restore a thriving Australian society founded on science and freedom.

Friday 15 November 6:00PM – 8:00PM – Social drinks

Saturday 16 November 8:30AM – 5:30PM – Conference – panel discussions

Saturday 16 November  7:00 PM to Late – Conference Dinner

Sunday 17 November 8:30AM – 3:00PM – Conference – discussion, news updates and workshops

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