Public confidence in healthy systems relies on openness, proper investigation and informed debate. This week we examine four issues highlighting transparency and accountability, in short supply in recent times. 

We look at proposed changes to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act. It appears a subtle way to sidestep the Gene Tech Bill while still allowing the dangerous technology to be set loose on the population.

At last, a regulator experiences some consequences for its misdemeanours. The Health Minister has not reappointed senior leaders at the Medical Council of NZ. 

We also revisit coronial findings following the sudden death of a healthy 21-year-old, and consider another case involving the death of a young man the day after a covid booster vaccination but with no mention by the coroner.

The Government’s proposed amendments to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act are a sly substitute for the stalled Gene Technology Bill, and intended to streamline approval pathways for hazardous substances and new organisms. The now familiar changes will reduce opportunities for public participation and increase reliance on overseas regulatory decisions. We share our latest objections sent in to the Select Committee, looking at concerns raised by opponents, and why we believe these changes deserve much closer public scrutiny. Read the full article

This week sees the hard-won news that the government has replaced the Chair and Deputy-Chair of the Medical Council of NZ. Not ostensibly for covid crimes – though that reckoning draws closer – but for pushing a Marxist ideological race agenda onto medicine. We examine the landscape of this decision and acknowledge Minister Brown’s imperative, as well as the predictable reaction from some medical leaders who may well be getting nervous at the inconvenient upholding of a statute (HPCAA) and of election commitments to remove race-based access to health care. Read the full article

A healthy young man dies suddenly while celebrating with friends, with the Coroner finding he died of cardiomyopathy and myocarditis. In this series we continue to look at how sudden and unexpected deaths in young people are inadequately investigated and demand that every possible contributing factor receives appropriate consideration. Read the full article

Yet another tragic case involves a young New Zealander who died the day after receiving a covid booster vaccination – a salient fact ignored by the coroner in finding he died of natural causes. The broader importance of thorough pharmacovigilance to help families grieve and ensure the public can have confidence in the coronial process is paramount, and we must all insist that relevant questions are carefully examined and not swept under the carpet.  Read the full article

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