Patients and doctors expect drug regulators to provide an unbiased, rigorous assessment of investigational medicines before they hit the market. But do they have sufficient independence from the companies they are meant to regulate? Maryanne Demasiinvestigates
Over the past decades, regulatory agencies have seen large proportions of their budgets […]
Documents obtained through FOI Act in the US and Australia reveal: The FDA ignored the serious findings and did not require the company to perform further toxicity tests. The findings were concealed and the vaccine was classified as safe for use in pregnancy
Of all […]
The Queensland government has been blasted in a new integrity report, with Annastacia Palaszczuk accused of fostering a “rotten culture”.
A review into culture and accountability in the Queensland government has revealed widespread failures, including bullying and a “disproportionate” influence of lobbyists on politicians.
Australia’s energy market was thrown into crisis in a case of market failure, resulting in soaring prices and fears of blackouts, according to Simply Wall St. Some companies were also accused of deliberately turning off generators to throttle supply and increase the margins they […]
Australia has been labelled a “complete flop” for wasting two years on lockdowns only to lead the western world in Covid-19 cases.
Australia has been labelled a “complete flop” for wasting two years on lockdowns only to lead the western world in Covid-19 cases.
An analysis of […]
January was the cruellest month. Australians emerged from their long lockdowns only to be confronted with the Omicron variant that largely evaded the vaccinal antibodies they’d acquired over the previous ten months. On the worst day, there were more than 105,000 cases and […]
AUSTRALIA’S national vaccine-safety watchdog, the Australian Vaccination-risks Network, Inc (AVN), has filed an appeal in the Full Federal Court, seeking to overturn what AVN believes to be an erroneous decision by judge Melissa Perry, in denying both the organisation and their co-applicant, Mr Mark Neugebauer, legal Standing.
Since February of […]
A final report into the culture and accountability of Queensland’s state government has revealed several issues, including tolerance of bullying and a disproportionate influence of lobbyists on politicians.
The Let the Sunshine In review, headed by Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake, has shone a light on integrity concerns within the state […]
Electronic Frontiers Australia has joined with Digital Rights Watch and the Australian Privacy Foundation to file an official complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner about the conduct of Bunnings, Kmart, and The Good Guys as originally reported by CHOICE.
Our full complaint is […]
