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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 is fielding 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.[10] The party describes this as support for informed consent for immunisation.[11]. Health Australia Party's National Party President Professor Kerry Bone responded to the media attention with an article titled "Why is there a need for the Health Australia Party?"[12]

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. ^ Doran, Matthew (10 June 2016). "Senate ballot paper spots picked". ABC News. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  9. ^ https://www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au/index.php/candidates/andrew-patterson/
  10. ^ Koziol, Michael (12 June 2016). "Vaccine sceptics' prime position on NSW Senate ballot paper could lead to election win". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  11. ^ "OFFICIAL STATEMENT "NO JAB NO PAY/PLAY" LEGISLATION" (PDF). Health Australia Party. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  12. ^ Bone, Kerry (13 June 2016). Health Australia Party http://https://www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au/index.php/topic/. Retrieved 13 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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