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FAN Bulletin 2026: Three voices from Australia
July 28, 2010
Of all the governments that attempt to introduce fluoridation none is more arrogant than those among the various Australian states.
A couple of years ago Queensland out of the blue passed mandatory fluoridation throughout the state.
Victoria is forcing fluoridation on every last remaining town and city in the state often against intense community resistance. The health officer there (Dr. John Carnie) does not feel obliged to give people a vote on the matter; will not debate the issue with opponents or answer serious questions put to him in writing by independent scientists from around the world.
New South Wales is a little more subtle about the ways it goes about things. The government there has told local governments that they can either adopt the measure themselves or they can pass the decision on to the NSW health department. Either way every community is getting fluoridated, again whether their citizens want it or not.
South Australia is largely fluoridated already, but recently the government has decided to fluoridate Mount Gambier, whose beautiful blue lake is an icon for many Australians. Over 6,000 citizens have signed a petition in Mount Gambier saying that they do not want fluoride to be added to their lake but to no avail.
Citizens fight back
Below we discuss the actions of three Australian citizens who are trying to halt forced fluoridation in their country.
1) Keith Oakley has thrown his hat into the ring and is running for MP to oppose the forced fluoridation of Geelong, Victoria. He explains why he is doing this in a videotaped interview with David McRae which will be posted on the website of the Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation (BAFF) at http://www.baff.org.au/
2) Al Oshlack, is filing an injunction in Lismore, New South Wales, against the local water authority (Rous Water) and appears to have forced a temporary halt to the planned forced fluoridation there. According to a local press report,
"The news of this came just as the water authority was preparing to accept a tender for construction work for the plants at Knockrow, Corndale, Dorroughby, Clunes and Marom Creek… Rous's technical services director, Wayne Franklin, said that accepting a tender would not be in the council's best interests." (July 22, 2010, Northern Star, Legal threat halts fluoride bids by Rebecca Lollback - http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/Australia/Rous-Water-Legal-threat-halts-fluoride-bids )
3) Alex Young of Mount Gambier, South Australia, recently chained himself to the gate of the local water works, thus blocking the entrance where the trucks that would carry the fluoridation equipment would enter. Below, Alex explains why he did this and what happened to him in the process. Alex appears on an excellent news item from the TV program Today Tonight out of South Australia. Along with Alex there are clips from Dr. A.K. Susheela, Paul Connett and Lord Baldwin from the UK. This is the third program in a series produced by Frank Pangello and is by far the best. The link is http://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/ Scroll down on the left hand side to find the program called "Fluoride." Please add your comment to the site.
I hope our readers will contact each of these Australian heroes and send your moral support to them and their families, who in their different ways will be making sacrifices of time, money and comfort in this cause we all share.
Alex Young - soulace70@dodo.com.au
Keith Oakley - keithoakley@smartchat.net.au
Al Oshlack - we are still looking for his contact details, but meanwhile you could post a letter at the Northern Star's website http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/
For newspaper reports on the issue go to http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/Australia
Paul Connett
http://fluoridealert.org/
FAN Bulletin 2026: Three voices from Australia
July 28, 2010
Of all the governments that attempt to introduce fluoridation none is more arrogant than those among the various Australian states.
A couple of years ago Queensland out of the blue passed mandatory fluoridation throughout the state.
Victoria is forcing fluoridation on every last remaining town and city in the state often against intense community resistance. The health officer there (Dr. John Carnie) does not feel obliged to give people a vote on the matter; will not debate the issue with opponents or answer serious questions put to him in writing by independent scientists from around the world.
New South Wales is a little more subtle about the ways it goes about things. The government there has told local governments that they can either adopt the measure themselves or they can pass the decision on to the NSW health department. Either way every community is getting fluoridated, again whether their citizens want it or not.
South Australia is largely fluoridated already, but recently the government has decided to fluoridate Mount Gambier, whose beautiful blue lake is an icon for many Australians. Over 6,000 citizens have signed a petition in Mount Gambier saying that they do not want fluoride to be added to their lake but to no avail.
Citizens fight back
Below we discuss the actions of three Australian citizens who are trying to halt forced fluoridation in their country.
1) Keith Oakley has thrown his hat into the ring and is running for MP to oppose the forced fluoridation of Geelong, Victoria. He explains why he is doing this in a videotaped interview with David McRae which will be posted on the website of the Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation (BAFF) at http://www.baff.org.au/
2) Al Oshlack, is filing an injunction in Lismore, New South Wales, against the local water authority (Rous Water) and appears to have forced a temporary halt to the planned forced fluoridation there. According to a local press report,
"The news of this came just as the water authority was preparing to accept a tender for construction work for the plants at Knockrow, Corndale, Dorroughby, Clunes and Marom Creek… Rous's technical services director, Wayne Franklin, said that accepting a tender would not be in the council's best interests." (July 22, 2010, Northern Star, Legal threat halts fluoride bids by Rebecca Lollback - http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/Australia/Rous-Water-Legal-threat-halts-fluoride-bids )
3) Alex Young of Mount Gambier, South Australia, recently chained himself to the gate of the local water works, thus blocking the entrance where the trucks that would carry the fluoridation equipment would enter. Below, Alex explains why he did this and what happened to him in the process. Alex appears on an excellent news item from the TV program Today Tonight out of South Australia. Along with Alex there are clips from Dr. A.K. Susheela, Paul Connett and Lord Baldwin from the UK. This is the third program in a series produced by Frank Pangello and is by far the best. The link is http://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/ Scroll down on the left hand side to find the program called "Fluoride." Please add your comment to the site.
I hope our readers will contact each of these Australian heroes and send your moral support to them and their families, who in their different ways will be making sacrifices of time, money and comfort in this cause we all share.
Alex Young - soulace70@dodo.com.au
Keith Oakley - keithoakley@smartchat.net.au
Al Oshlack - we are still looking for his contact details, but meanwhile you could post a letter at the Northern Star's website http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/
For newspaper reports on the issue go to http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/Australia
Paul Connett
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