How regulatory capture endangers public health.
Australia’s medical regulator AHPRA and the Medical Board have become not just
failed watchdogs, but an active threat to public health through its ruthless
enforcement of government policy over scientific evidence. The organisation’s
transformation from public protector to political enforcer represents one of the
most dangerous developments in Australian medical history, made even more
egregious by its continued defence of unsafe Covid vaccines despite mounting
evidence of harm.
failed watchdogs, but an active threat to public health through its ruthless
enforcement of government policy over scientific evidence. The organisation’s
transformation from public protector to political enforcer represents one of the
most dangerous developments in Australian medical history, made even more
egregious by its continued defence of unsafe Covid vaccines despite mounting
evidence of harm.
The Queensland Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dr William Bay case exposed
AHPRA and the Medical Board’s methods as fundamentally unlawful, finding they
denied basic procedural fairness, demonstrated apprehended bias, and failed to
identify actual breaches of professional standards. Instead of protecting the public,
AHPRA has become a tool for enforcing political compliance through regulatory
terror.
AHPRA and the Medical Board’s methods as fundamentally unlawful, finding they
denied basic procedural fairness, demonstrated apprehended bias, and failed to
identify actual breaches of professional standards. Instead of protecting the public,
AHPRA has become a tool for enforcing political compliance through regulatory
terror.
Dr Fraiman’s rigorous reanalysis of Pfizer and Moderna’s original trials revealed that
serious adverse events occurred in one out of every 800 recipients – a staggering
safety signal that should have triggered immediate suspension of the program. Yet AHPRA continued to persecute doctors who raised these legitimate concerns about
safety, especially considering that Pfizer appears to have concealed deaths prior to
Emergency Use Authorisation and substantial DNA contamination has been
detected in the process 2 manufactured global vaccine rollout, which was never
properly tested. Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), appears correct in his assessment of the Covid response being ‘the
biggest public health mistake we’ve ever made ... the harm to people is
catastrophic’.
serious adverse events occurred in one out of every 800 recipients – a staggering
safety signal that should have triggered immediate suspension of the program. Yet AHPRA continued to persecute doctors who raised these legitimate concerns about
safety, especially considering that Pfizer appears to have concealed deaths prior to
Emergency Use Authorisation and substantial DNA contamination has been
detected in the process 2 manufactured global vaccine rollout, which was never
properly tested. Dr Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), appears correct in his assessment of the Covid response being ‘the
biggest public health mistake we’ve ever made ... the harm to people is
catastrophic’.
The human cost is in fact devastating. The Australian Medical Professionals’
(AMPS) recent ‘Human Cost of AHPRA’ survey of health practitioners shows over
half of medical practitioners have faced AHPRA notifications, with nearly 80 per
cent reporting unfair treatment. Multiple practitioners have committed suicide
while under investigation. Many more report depression, anxiety, and suicidal
ideation – not from clinical misconduct, but from AHPRA and the Board’s
persecution of those who dare question official guidelines, political narratives and
the government’s response to Covid.
(AMPS) recent ‘Human Cost of AHPRA’ survey of health practitioners shows over
half of medical practitioners have faced AHPRA notifications, with nearly 80 per
cent reporting unfair treatment. Multiple practitioners have committed suicide
while under investigation. Many more report depression, anxiety, and suicidal
ideation – not from clinical misconduct, but from AHPRA and the Board’s
persecution of those who dare question official guidelines, political narratives and
the government’s response to Covid.
The consequences extend far beyond individual practitioners. When AHPRA shut
down Professor Dr Reece’s Brisbane practice serving 1,100 drug-dependent
patients, the results were calamitous, patient deaths, hundreds re-incarcerated,
widespread return to illicit drug use, and a 17 per cent spike in local crime rates.
Similar devastation followed AHPRA’s action against Melbourne’s Dr Taylor and
his 1,360 vulnerable patients.
down Professor Dr Reece’s Brisbane practice serving 1,100 drug-dependent
patients, the results were calamitous, patient deaths, hundreds re-incarcerated,
widespread return to illicit drug use, and a 17 per cent spike in local crime rates.
Similar devastation followed AHPRA’s action against Melbourne’s Dr Taylor and
his 1,360 vulnerable patients.
AHPRA and the National Boards March 2021 directive effectively criminalised
medical opinions that questioned government Covid policies. The unprecedented
level of government information control and regulatory overreach created an
environment where critical safety data were withheld from doctors and the public,
while practitioners’ careers were threatened if they raised any concerns. The
government’s suppression of scientific debate combined with AHPRA and the
Board’s attack on clinical independence forced doctors into an impossible position
– most lacked access to crucial safety information, yet faced career destruction for
even questioning the official narrative. The result has been catastrophic: systematic
suppression of emerging safety signals, destruction of informed consent,
undermining of ethical evidence-based medicine, and the creation of a climate of
fear where many physicians dare not speak out even when confronted with clear
evidence of patient harm.
medical opinions that questioned government Covid policies. The unprecedented
level of government information control and regulatory overreach created an
environment where critical safety data were withheld from doctors and the public,
while practitioners’ careers were threatened if they raised any concerns. The
government’s suppression of scientific debate combined with AHPRA and the
Board’s attack on clinical independence forced doctors into an impossible position
– most lacked access to crucial safety information, yet faced career destruction for
even questioning the official narrative. The result has been catastrophic: systematic
suppression of emerging safety signals, destruction of informed consent,
undermining of ethical evidence-based medicine, and the creation of a climate of
fear where many physicians dare not speak out even when confronted with clear
evidence of patient harm.
As the Hope Accord petition now argues, the apparent emergency that justified
rushed vaccine approval ‘no longer exists’. Yet AHPRA and the Board continue to
enforce compliance with a failed policy that emerging evidence suggests is
‘contributing to an alarming rise in disability and excess deaths’. The regulatory
capture is complete – rather than protecting the public, AHPRA and the Medical Board refuse to meet with independent researchers to exchange critical safety
information, seemingly actively suppressing evidence of harm to maintain political
narratives and corporate profits.
rushed vaccine approval ‘no longer exists’. Yet AHPRA and the Board continue to
enforce compliance with a failed policy that emerging evidence suggests is
‘contributing to an alarming rise in disability and excess deaths’. The regulatory
capture is complete – rather than protecting the public, AHPRA and the Medical Board refuse to meet with independent researchers to exchange critical safety
information, seemingly actively suppressing evidence of harm to maintain political
narratives and corporate profits.
The current situation is untenable. AHPRA and the Boards conduct has created a
healthcare system where fear replaces evidence, where compliance trumps
conscience, and where bureaucrats dictate clinical decisions, many that cause more
harm than good. They continue to defend policies that have resulted in
monumental social and economic harm and destruction of trust in our institutions
from the enforcement of unscientific secret health advice that was in total
contravention of our 2019 Pandemic Plans. At the same time, they refuse to
acknowledge the mounting safety signals that demand immediate suspension of
these experimental gene-based mRNA products. British Cardiologist Dr Aseem
Malhotra has stated, ‘These experimental injections should never have been
approved for use in a single human being.’
healthcare system where fear replaces evidence, where compliance trumps
conscience, and where bureaucrats dictate clinical decisions, many that cause more
harm than good. They continue to defend policies that have resulted in
monumental social and economic harm and destruction of trust in our institutions
from the enforcement of unscientific secret health advice that was in total
contravention of our 2019 Pandemic Plans. At the same time, they refuse to
acknowledge the mounting safety signals that demand immediate suspension of
these experimental gene-based mRNA products. British Cardiologist Dr Aseem
Malhotra has stated, ‘These experimental injections should never have been
approved for use in a single human being.’
The path forward requires more than reform. It demands a complete overhaul of
medical regulation in Australia. The alternative – a permanently cowed and gagged
medical profession serving as mere enforcers of government policy while ignorant or
ignoring clear evidence of public harm – represents an existential threat to both
public health and democratic society. We must remember: when AMPS keeps
asking for scientific exchange, for discussion, for scientific evidence, the authorities
keep ignoring the questions.
medical regulation in Australia. The alternative – a permanently cowed and gagged
medical profession serving as mere enforcers of government policy while ignorant or
ignoring clear evidence of public harm – represents an existential threat to both
public health and democratic society. We must remember: when AMPS keeps
asking for scientific exchange, for discussion, for scientific evidence, the authorities
keep ignoring the questions.
AHPRA’s and the Medical Board’s transformation from regulator to enforcer will be
remembered as one of the darkest chapters in Australian medical history. We have
here a cautionary tale of how institutions meant to protect the public can become
instruments of harm when captured by political and corporate interests. The cost of
continued silence is measured not just in ruined careers but in preventable deaths
and injuries. Reform is no longer optional; it is a moral imperative for anyone who
believes in public health and medical ethics.
Read the article on The Spectator here
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