article_snippet.sent: However, a president of the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network said the message had nothing to do with the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network. '
article_snippet.sent: I can state categorically that The Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network Inc does not support or agree with the sentiments or messages portrayed in the picture,' a president of the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network said. '
article_snippet.sent: We do not own the page it was posted on.' 'What the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network does support and believe in, is the right of ALL parents to make an informed choice in regards to vaccinating ALL parents children, whether ALL parents vaccinate, selectively vaccinate or do not vaccinate at all,' a president of the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network said. '
article_snippet.sent: The Australian Vaccination Skeptics Network has previously come under fire when The Australian Vaccination Skeptics Network was stripped of The Australian Vaccination Skeptics Network registered charity status last year.
article_snippet.sent: The Health Care Complaints Commission released a statement in relation to the AVN last year, which contained a warning for members of the public when considering the information the group posted on members of the public website. '
article_snippet.sent: the AVN does not provide reliable information in relation to certain vaccines and vaccination more generally,' a statement in relation to the AVN last year, which contained a warning for members of the public when considering the information the lobby group posted on their website said. '
article_snippet.sent: The Health Care Complaints Commission considers that AVN’s dissemination of misleading, misrepresented and incorrect information about vaccination engenders fear and alarm and is likely to detrimentally affect the clinical management or care of The Health Care Complaints Commission readers.'
article_snippet.sent: In December 2012, the New South Wales Department of Fair Trading ordered the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN)- which Ms Dorey was then president of - to change the New South Wales Department of Fair Trading name or risk being shut down.
article_snippet.sent: The move followed 'numerous' complaints from both the public and the Australian Medical Association that The AVN misleading the public and wasn’t an accurate representation of The AVN activities.
article_snippet.sent: The AVN claims to be pro-choice and a 'vaccine safety watchdog' However, t-shirts on the group's website seemed to promote more fierce objectives which rule out vaccinating children at all.