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Health Australia Party
Party PresidentAdjunct Professor Kerry Bone
ConvenorJudith Anne Cooke
Founded2013 as Natural Medicine Party[1]
Ideology…a healthy Choice[2]
Political positioncentrist[2]
Website
www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au

The Health Australia Party is a registered minor political party in Australia, registered on 7 November 2013.[3] It was known as the Natural Medicine Party until 8 October 2015.[4] It seeks to promote "open and transparent" Government decision making, balance and honesty of information, and "stimulating individual freedom of choice and thought".[2]

The party was involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance in 2013.[5][6]

Health Australia Party fielded senate candidates for New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia in the 2016 federal election.[7]

It has won the first spot on the NSW Senate ballot paper,[8] with the lead senate candidate party founder Andrew Patterson, who is a naturopath.[9]

Policies

The party is critical of the Coalition's "no jab, no pay" laws (introduced under the Abbott Government), and the ALP's health policy. The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the Health Australia Party is against Water fluoridation in Australia, and its manifesto "reveals a preoccupation with homeopathy, home birth and conspiracy theories about medical research", and the party supports chiropractic treatment of infants with colic.[9] The spurious article title does not accurately represent the Party's position on immunisation, which is contrary to the facts held by the Party's values in support of informed consent for immunisation. The party also calls for bias media reporting to be addressed citing "Policy makers require far greater insulation from vested interests, lobbyists, and their media allies. The selective and biased nature of some media activity is also a major concern, and needs to be addressed."Media transparency[10]

References

  1. ^ "History". Health Australia Party. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Health Australia Party". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Health Australia Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Natural Medicine Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ^ Bormann, Trevor (5 September 2013). "Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland". ABC News. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  6. ^ Wood, Alicia (5 September 2013). "Alliance of micro parties boosts odds for likes of One Nation or Shooters and Fishers gaining Senate spot through preferences". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/election-2016-aec-pick-senate-ballot-paper-spots/7500274.html
  9. ^ a b "Federal Election 2016: Vaccine sceptics land first spot on NSW Senate ballot paper"
  10. ^ https://www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/HAP-official-statement-on-No-Jab-No-Pay_Play-Legislation-FINAL-04_04_16.pdf

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