Whilst we wait for a decision from the judge in relation to the legal case challenging Centrelink’s decision to reject a doctor’s certified medical exemption (for the purposes of Child Care Subsidy), the previous legal bill still has nearly $8,000 overdue and therefore we need to raise this money urgently for the plaintiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This legal challenge hinges on the interpretation of section 6 (3) (a) of the Family Assistance Act, in particular the meaning of \u2018medically contraindicated\u2019 and \u2018specifications set out in the Australian Immunisation Handbook\u2019. The department have taken a very narrow interpretation of this wording, limiting medical exemptions to very few criteria, and it is this interpretation that is currently being challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We sometimes get asked why anyone should need a medical exemption in the first place, when vaccination should just be voluntary. We agree wholeheartedly with this, however, regardless of whether a vaccine mandate exists, we need to fight to preserve the doctor\/patient relationship and prevent the Australian Government from undermining a doctor’s medical certification. There is no way that bureaucrats in their ivory towers can predict who is at most risk of a severe vaccine reaction, but a medical practitioner who has spent time evaluating a patient’s medical history is best placed to evaluate whether someone is at higher risk of an adverse reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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