Terry Nolan was recently featured discussing the GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product on the ABC World Today program titled "Experts concerned Australia's vaccine program lagging behind".[7] The ABC did not disclose Terry Nolan's conflicts of interest, i.e. his involvement with GSK/Novartis funded research on the GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product. (See below my previous email to you on this subject (22 July 2019) for a transcript of the ABC World Today segment.)

Professor Wilson, on 4 August 2019 the Murdoch tabloid The Sunday Telegraph ran a front page story with the headline "Prime Minister, if little Donald Peach's life means anything to you...FUND THE JAB" (See copy attached, plus other relevant articles.)

Donald Peach's death is a tragedy, but this sad case must not be used to impose mass vaccination against very rare invasive meningococcal disease with multiple doses of an aluminium-adjuvanted vaccine of questionable effectiveness, as acknowledged in the PBAC's previous rejection of the GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product in its 'subsequent decision not to recommend' outcomes document, dated July 2015. (See highlighted copy attached.)

Professor Wilson, The Sunday Telegraph demands that the Prime Minister "FUND THE JAB", i.e. Scott Morrison. This raises questions about the influence being wielded by the Murdochs on Australia's politicians and taxpayer-funded vaccination policy. Scott Morrison was Social Services Minister in 2015 when the No Jab, No Pay bill was raised. According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald[8], Scott Morrison had lunch with Rupert Murdoch around that time - did Mr Morrison receive instructions from Mr Murdoch in regards to the No Jab, No Pay bill, which was fast-tracked and enacted as the No Jab, No Pay law in January 2016? Can we have transparency and accountability on this matter?

A Sunday Telegraph editorial published on 28 July 2019 titled "Fund vaccine for this killer" boasts "Since we began the No Jab, No Pay and No Jab, No Play campaigns, immunisation rates have surged and are now at nearly 95 per cent, the level experts say is needed to protect the whole community. This is because we pushed governments to introduce new rules stripping families with unvaccinated children of government payments and giving childcare centres the right to ban unvaccinated kids." (See copy attached.)

As a result of the Murdoch tabloids' aggressive No Jab, No Play vaccination campaign, the community is being forced to be compliant to an ever-increasing number of vaccine products and revaccinations, without consultation with the community. For example, since the Federal No Jab, No Pay law was enacted in January 2016, yet another aluminium-adjuvanted diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis containing revaccination has been added to the schedule for infants around 18 months, making six doses of this vaccination combination for children now, despite the fact there are known problems with the effectiveness of the pertussis component of these vaccinations.

Meningococcal A, C, W, Y vaccination has also been fast-tracked onto the national schedule since the No Jab, No Pay law was implemented. I suggest there should be an investigation into the lobbying for this vaccine product, indeed for every product and revaccination on the current coercive vaccination schedule, the entire schedule is awash with conflicts of interest that must be examined.

Professor Wilson, it is wrong that parents are being coerced to have their children vaccinated and revaccinated with an ever-increasing list of very questionable vaccine products, without the right to consider the risks and benefits of each of these interventions. With the coercive No Jab, No Pay and No Play laws campaigned for by the Murdoch media, the right to 'informed consent' before each of these medical interventions has effectively been trashed. 

And now we see the Murdoch tabloids 'demanding' that meningococcal B vaccination for very rare invasive meningococcal disease be added to the taxpayer-funded schedule, where presumably it will be compulsory to access financial benefits and childcare. The Sunday Telegraph editorial "Fund vaccine for this killer" says "This is the last demand from our original campaign that has not been solved, and the Morrison government should know by now we are not going to give up until something is done to protect families". (See copy attached.)

Was this the goal of the Murdoch media all along, i.e. to get the GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product, which is associated with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, onto the taxpayer-funded schedule, and effectively mandated thanks to the No Jab, No Pay and No Play laws campaigned for by the Murdoch media? Was this part of a plan to develop a multi-billion dollar global market for this GSK vaccine product?

Is Prime Minister Scott Morrison going to bow to the demands of the Murdoch media, and add the very questionable GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product to the taxpayer-funded coercive vaccination schedule? Is this how taxpayer-funded vaccination policy is formulated in Australia, at the behest of the Murdoch empire?

The PBAC previously rejected the GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product due to "multiple uncertainties in relation to the clinical effectiveness of the vaccine against the disease when delivered in a vaccination program", among other reasons.[9] Any information provided by GlaxoSmithKline to counter these concerns must be examined very carefully by independent and objective specialists in the area. Mass vaccination against very rare invasive meningococcal disease is highly questionable given it is not a serious risk for most individuals. 

I suggest there should be more research into invasive meningococcal disease and why it strikes so few people, what makes them vulnerable? In light of the emerging problems with pertussis vaccination, and the unknown cumulative consequences of the ever-increasing number of aluminium-adjuvanted vaccine products and revaccinations being added to the schedule, we must be very concerned about the potential for 'unintended consequences'.

Professor Wilson, it is the PBAC's primary role "to recommend new medicines for listing on the PBS...no new medicine can be listed unless the committee makes a positive recommendation". The community is relying on the independence of this "expert body appointed by the Australian Government" to objectively evaluate vaccine products for the taxpayer-funded schedule.[10]  Yet, the Murdoch tabloids appear to be seeking to circumvent this process, and are 'demanding' Rupert Murdoch's lunch partner[11], Prime Minister Scott Morrison, add the GSK Bexsero meninogoccal B vaccine product to the taxpayer-funded coercive vaccination schedule. This appears to be an abuse of power that is undermining the political process in our liberal democracy. 

Australia's taxpayer-funded coercive vaccination policy is in crisis, it is critically damaged by being heavily influenced by parties with conflicts of interest.   

We have no effective media to shine a light on this matter. Apart from the Murdoch media's dominance on this subject, other media such as Fairfax/Nine and Seven West Media have largely fallen into line behind the Murdoch tabloids. We have been most badly let down by the taxpayer-funded ABC and SBS, which have utterly failed to provide critical analysis of Australia's taxpayer-funded vaccination policy, and instead provide unquestioning free promotion for vaccine products in their news services.

We must have an urgent investigation into Murdoch influence on our elected politicians and taxpayer-funded vaccination policy, and also conflicts of interest via the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. 

Again Professor Wilson, it is alarming that the aluminium-adjuvanted GSK Bexsero meningococcal B vaccine product of questionable effectiveness against very rare invasive meningococcal disease may be added to the national taxpayer-funded vaccination schedule, and made compulsory for children to access financial benefits and childcare. I am concerned that you and your fellow members of the PBAC will be persuaded by the Murdoch media, politicians and potentially conflicted industry-funded data to approve this vaccine product for the coercive vaccination schedule - only independent and objective medical and scientific evidence should influence your decision. 

I request your urgent response on this matter.

Sincerely

Elizabeth Hart

Independent citizen investigating conflicts of interest in vaccination policy and the over-use of vaccine products.  

Attachments:

- Prime Minister, if little Donald Peach's life means anything to you...FUND THE JAB. The Sunday Telegraph, 4 August 2019.

- Fund vaccine for this killer. The Sunday Telegraph, 28 July 2019.

- Why did our child die? Pages 1 and 2. The Sunday Telegraph, 4 August 2019.  Includes the article 'Only' nine lives could be saved.

- How much was this little life worth? The Sunday Telegraph, 4 August 2019.

- Anger over son's death. The Sunday Times, 4 August 2019.

- Push for life-saving B vaccine. The Sunday Times, 28 July 2019.

- Push to fund vax after UK success. Sunday Herald, 28 July 2019.

- SA children, students miss out on vaccines - News.com 29 July 2019.

- July 2015 PBAC Meeting PBAC Outcomes - Subsequent Decisions Not To Recommend - Multicomponent Meningococcal Group B Vaccine (4CMENB) Bexsero (Copy attached.)

References:
1. See 'History' on the 'About' page on the Murdoch Children's Research Institute website (current as at 12 August 2019).

2. See the 'Corporate Partners' page on the Murdoch Children's Research Institute website (current as at 12 August 2019).
3. See under Terry Nolan's page on the Murdoch Children's Research Institute website, under 'Funding' tab (current as at 12 August 2019).
4. See under 'Our people' on the 'About' page on the Murdoch Children's Research Institute website (current as at 12 August 2019).
5. See Terry Nolan's page on the Murdoch Children's Research Institute website (current as at 12 August 2019).
6. See for example: 'Antibody persistence and booster response in adolescents and young adults 4 and 7.5 years after immunization with 4CMenB'. Vaccine. Volume 37, Issue 9, 21 February 2019, Pages 1209-1218. The funding disclosure statement on this paper notes: "This study was funded by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc., now part of the GSK group of companies. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA took responsibility for all costs associated with the development and publishing of the present manuscript."Under 'Declaration of interest', it is noted that 'TN', i.e. Terry Nolan, "received institutional grants for conducting studies from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA". Terry Nolan "also received institutional grants to conduct clinical trials from Pfizer and Novartis". Under 'Acknowledgments', the authors thank Bart van Heertum "for editorial assistance and public coordination on behalf of GSK".  See also: Federico Martinon-Torres, Terry Nolan et al.  'Persistence of the immune response after 4CMenB vaccination, and the response to an additional booster dose in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults’. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. Published online 9 July 2019. Under 'Funding' it is noted "GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA funded all costs associated with the development and the publishing of the present manuscript". Under 'Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest' it is noted 'TN', i.e. Terry Nolan, "is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) SAGE committee", and Terry Nolan's institution (MCRI), i.e. the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, "received grants for the conduct of clinical trials from the GSK group of companies and from Pfizer".
7. Experts concerned Australia's vaccine program lagging behind, ABC World Today,9 July 2019. (See transcript in email below.)
8. Scott Morrison will almost certainly lead the Liberals. The questions is when? The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 September 2015.
9. July 2015 PBAC Meeting PBAC Outcomes - Subsequent Decisions Not To Recommend - Multicomponent Meningococcal Group B Vaccine (4CMENB) Bexsero (Copy attached.)
10. See the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) Membership webpage (current as at 12 August 2019).
11. Scott Morrison will almost certainly lead the Liberals. The questions is when? The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 September 2015.