You can either click forward in your email account or use the forwarding link that is also below.

If you would prefer to donate by Internet banking or direct deposit, here are our details (please be sure to leave your name as identification so a receipt can be forwarded)

The Australian Vaccination Gift Fund
Westpac
BSB 032 591
Account # 196282
 
For anyone who supports freedom, this cause must be near and dear to your heart and deserving of your help.
 
Meryl Dorey,
President - The Australian Vaccination Network Editor - Living Wisdom magazine

The AVN would like to request the services of a couple of volunteers to transcribe medical journal articles and magazine articles to be included in a travel vaccine pack. Skill in accuracy would be the most important criterea. Speed in typing is not necessary as the project is a medium term priority. Please contact Janisse or Judy in the office on 02 66 871 699 if you are interested in participating in the project.

Have you or a loved one been given a poor prognosis by someone in the mainstream medical community only to find that by using natural therapies, you were able to turn your health around? Have you suffered from a chronic condition which required long-term drug treatment but then, discovered that a non-drug based treatment or remedy allowed you to call yourself cured and to resume your previous healthy lifestyle?
 
If so, then Living Wisdom would love for you to tell your story! Aside from being an inspiration to our readers, it will also help others who may find themselves in the same situation and could use your information to help improve their health status.
 
Please submit your story (between 800 and 1,500 words) to [email protected] .
 
We can't guarantee that all stories will be printed, but if yours is chosen, you will win a 1-year's subscription to Living Wisdom and membership to the Australian Vaccination Network so please get writing today.

 

A Homebirth Rights rally is taking place on Monday, September 7th 2009 at 11:30 AM outside of Parliament House in Canberra.
 
Can't go? Gotta work? Too far away? Never fear!
 
For only $25, you can send a virtual you to show your support for a woman's right to choose where and how she will give birth. A fantastic cause - an important issue.
 
Visit Homebirth Australia and the Maternity Coalition for more information and to purchase your virtual ticket to this event.

 

Earlier this year, Dana McCaffery, a 4-week old child born on the Far North Coast of NSW, died after contracting whooping cough. Her parents have started a campaign to help educate others about the risk of infectious diseases - a campaign which has received a lot of attention and support as it rightly should. 
 
Any child who dies is a tragedy. Any child who is injured is a reason for heartache and grief.
 
The AVN's issue is that whilst Dana is a visible and tangible 'poster child' for the potential outcome of disease, the thousands of children and adults who have been killed or injured by vaccines are invisible and unacknowledged.
 
We have hundreds of families on our reactions database and we know that this is only the tiniest tip of the iceberg. For every person who actually finds out about the AVN and reports their child's reactions, we estimate that there are at least 10 others who don't know we exist and whose reactions are never reported.
 
In addition, a new and concerning phenomenon has been occurring whereby parents who have contacted us to say that their child has had a reaction and to ask for help, have refused to report the reactions for fear that they will be victimised by doctors who they say will refuse to treat their children if the reactions are reported to the government.
 
For every 20 reaction report forms we send out - only 1 comes back. And follow-up will generally only get another 1 or 2 to fill in and report their reactions.
 
It is absolutely essential that all reactions are reported and investigated and I want to assure everyone that when we report these reactions to ADRAC (the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee), they are completely de-identified. There is no way that anyone in the government or the health department will ever know who has made the report. 
 
If we are contacted for further information, we will contact the reporter and ask for their permission to provide their details to the government, but if that permission is not given, we will not provide any further information about the reaction.
 
While we understand the fear of discrimination that many of you feel, we also firmly believe that without your honest and courageous efforts to ensure that reactions get reported, others will suffer because the safety statistics for vaccines (and drugs!) will continue to be skewed. 
 
Please, if you or someone you know has had an adverse reaction - ask them to report it to us either via our web site or by contacting us by phone on 1800 007 468 so we can send you out a printed form which you can fill in and return. Keep this number handy to give to others - it is toll-free from anywhere in Australia and is specifically for reporting adverse reactions.
 
If you are a health professional, business owner, teacher or anyone else who regularly comes in contact with children, please ask us to send you a form which you can photocopy and hand out to those who have suffered reactions. You can also photocopy the reaction report form that is in each copy of Living Wisdom magazine.

Did you know that the AVN now has a presence on Facebook and Twitter as well as a Blog that is updated on an almost daily basis? If you are interested in staying abreast of the current issues involved in the fields of vaccination, natural health, organics, the environment and instinctive parenting, click on the links below to follow us on our progress towards a better informed and more proactive Australian nation.