Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline

(see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)

NOTE: Items indexed from The Age are often syndicated in other Fairfax newspapers. Thus, the hyperlink below an Age item may lead to the same item on another Fairfax publication's website.


The Age:  January 9, 2015, page 8, news item by J Medew, `Anti-vaccination event venues "bullied" to cancel'.
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=C96F805F8EF7C13A48A85920C6A11610?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=1295&clsPage=1&docID=AGE150109CG35U57IKS9

The Age:  January 8, 2015, page 14, editorial, `A shot in the arm for free speech' (ref to Sheri Tenpenny).
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-free-speech-20150107-12jmcr.html

The Age:  January 7, 2015, page 11, news item by J Medew, `Calls to block US "anti-vaccine liar"'.
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=01E7D4D255BDE301276268FE90F3F148?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=1295&clsPage=1&docID=AGE150107B257C6E12CA

The Age:  January 21, 2015, page 11, news item (photo of Sherri Tenpenny) by J Medew, `Vaccine debate puts tour in jeopardy'. (Link is to SMH edition of the 20th)
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/antivaccination-campaigner-sherri-tenpennys-tour-in-jeopardy-after-every-venue-pulls-out-of-hosting-her-seminars-20150120-12tywb.html

The Age:  January 28, 2015, page 3, news item by J Medew, `Parents urged to join fake church to skirt vaccination laws'.
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=73C8DB806095DD10BD849D7972E1088E?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=2355&clsPage=1&docID=AGE150128G53GP6GHJG6

The Age:  February 1, 2015, page 15, news item (ref to American measles epidemic), `US on edge as virus spreads'
http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-on-edge-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-20150131-132lti.html?skin=text-only

The Herald Sun:  March 9, 2015, page 20, comment by Alice Clarke, `Have your kids vaccinated and help make us all safer'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/have-your-children-vaccinated-and-help-make-us-all-safer/story-fni0ffsx-1227254060951

The Herald Sun:  March 16, 2015, page 28, comment (ref to Taliban campaign) by Rita Panahi, `New front in a mad war on vaccines'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/new-front-in-a-mad-war-on-vaccines/story-fni0fhh1-1227263718386

The Age:  April 11, 2015, page 12, news item by Kenny and Medew, `Vaccinate children or lose benefits'.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-to-announce-antivaccination-parents-will-lose-benefits-20150411-1mie6x.html

The Herald Sun:  April 7, 2015, page 22, editorial, `Immunise, or we all pay'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/immunise-or-we-all-pay/story-fni0ffsx-1227293464956

The Herald Sun:  March 25, 2015, page 18, comment by Susie O'Brien, `If we don't act now, more kids will die'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/dont-let-any-more-babies-die-because-of-anti-vaccination-lobby/story-fni0fhie-1227275475765

The Australian:  April 18, 2015, page 21, comment by Janet Albrechtsen, `No "rights" for unsafe children'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/there-is-no-room-for-objection-children-must-be-vaccinated/story-e6frg7bo-1227308507908

The Age:  April 18, 2015, page 32, letters incl, `Hard-hitting education strategy is required'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-letters/vaccinations-hardhitting-education-strategy-is-required-20150417-1mnf13.html

The Age:  April 17, 2015, page 18, comment by Waleed Aly, `Sledgehammer cannot win battle of the needle'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/in-opposing-the-antivaccination-movement-a-sledgehammer-cannot-win-battle-of-the-needle-20150416-1mm1w8.html

The Australian:  April 14, 2015, page 13, editorial, `A decision for the greater good'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/vaccination-policy-a-decision-for-the-greater-good/story-e6frg71x-1227302511820

The Age:  April 14, 2015, page 16, editorial, `We owe it to everyone to get vaccinated'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/we-owe-it-to-everyone-to-get-vaccinated-20150413-1mk4pd.html

The Age:  April 14, 2015, page 16, letters incl, `Saving $50m in welfare payments main driver / Crucial public health initiative'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-letters/vaccination-saving-50m-in-welfare-payments-main-driver-20150413-1mjz3c.html

The Australian:  April 13, 2015, page 2, news item by D Crowe, `Vaccine foes won right to opt out'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/vaccine-foes-won-right-to-opt-out/story-fn59nokw-1227300787872

The Age:  April 13, 2015, page 5, news item by S Peatling, `Childcare sector backs anti-vaccination penalty'.
http://mrganalysis.com.au/news-articles/childcare-sector-backs-anti-vaccination-penalty/

The Australian:  April 24, 2015, page 3, news item by J Ross, `Surge in illness if vaccine use eases'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/weaker-whooping-cough-vaccine-means-upsurge-of-cases/story-e6frg8y6-1227317770768?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAustralianNewsNDM+%28The+Australian+|+News+|%29

The Australian:  April 21, 2015, page 15, letter, `Questioning vaccination policy is not synonymous with anti-vaccination'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/letters/questioning-vaccination-policy-is-not-synonymous-with-anti-vaccination/story-fn558imw-1227312423699