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Quote6. Your demand violates the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act 1995
7. Your expectation that I sign a consent form saying that I agree the vaccine is "completely voluntary" is completely unreasonable.
8. Your expectation that I give consent (a voluntary agreement free from coercion) to something which is not voluntary is completely unreasonable/impossible.
9. Your demand violates Xxxxxxxx's definition of informed consent as defined in Informed Consent.docx:
"Consent must be freely given; not obtained by: Fraud, force, undue influence"
Under definitions:
"Informed Consent: Voluntary agreement given by a person or a responsible proxy (e.g., a parent) for participation in a study, immunization program, or treatment regimen, after being informed of the purpose, methods, procedures, benefits, and risks. The essential criteria of informed consent are that the subject has both knowledge and comprehension, that consent is freely given without duress or undue influence, and that the right of withdrawal from the entity at any time is clearly communicated to the subject."
10. Your demand runs contrary to the Australian Immunisation Handbook (See pictured above- consent form Xxxxxxxx required me to sign), "For consent to be legally valid... It must be given voluntarily in the absence of undue pressure, coercion or manipulation."
11. Your demand violates the UN's Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights which states: "Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice."
12. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care states:
"Informed consent is a person's decision, given voluntarily, to agree to a healthcare treatment, procedure or other intervention that is made" . Your demand removes the possibility to give informed consent.
13. AHPRA's "Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia" states:
"Informed consent is a person's voluntary decision about medical care that is made with knowledge and understanding of the benefits and risks involved" . Your demand removes the possibility of being able to give informed consent.
14. Your demand is contrary to SA Health's Consent to Medical Treatment and Health Care Policy Guideline (4.1.2): "For consent to be valid, it must be voluntary and clear, and the patient consenting must have decision-making capacity. These terms are explained below. Voluntary: the decision to consent or not consent to treatment must not be made due to pressure or coercion."
QuoteI've maintained that it was impossible to give valid, informed consent to a vaccine I'm being coerced into taking. It's unfair and unethical to coerce a person into giving "completely voluntary" consent. Such coercion nullifies the possibility to comply with their demand because a practitioner can't give the vaccination without valid consent.
I believe that the demand that I be vaccinated or face unemployment is unconstitutional. Section 51 (xxiiiA) of the Australian Constitution forbids "any form of civil conscription" in relation to medical and dental services.
For example, in Wong vs Commonwealth of Australia, in respect to civil conscription Justice Kirby stated:
"However, the prohibition on "any form of civil conscription" is designed to protect patients from having the supply of "medical and dental services", otherwise than by private contract, forced upon them without their consent." (127)
"A rare constitutional guarantee: Because of its character as a guarantee or protection, both for the healthcare professionals identified and for the patients affected by the provision of their services, the exclusion of any form of "civil conscription" must be seen as one of the rare instances of an individual guarantee and protection spelt out in the Australian Constitution" (128)
I further believe such demands violate the Privacy Act 1998.