A GROUP that claims vaccines cause autism, brain damag e and cancer has been reported to the healthcare watchdog for allegedly spreading misinformation and endangering children's health.
The official complaint to the Health Care Complaints Commission follows a newspaper advertisement paid for by businessman Dick Smith pleading with parents to ignore the Australian Vaccination Network's fear campaign.
AVN is run by Meryl Dorey, who publishes a website and newsletter, campaigns against mass public immunisation programs and promotes the use of homeopathy to prevent disease.
The Australian Skeptics group supports the complaint that Ms Dorey and the network are breaching the Health Care Complaints Act by making unsubstantiated health claims based on "conspiracy theories", pseudo-scientific evidence and debunked research.
0A
Ms Dorey, of Bangalow on the Far North Coast, says her eldest son, now 20, was "vaccine-injured" from the diphtheria-tetanus-polio immunisation when he was two months old and the measles-mumps-rubella shot at 12 months.
She attributes his life-long sleep apnoea and allergies to the vaccinations. Ms Dorey said she was not anti-vaccination, just "pro-information and pro-choice".
"We never have and never will tell anyone that they should not vaccinate. We simply fill the information void left by government and the mainstream medical community," she said.
But Dick Smith, the Skeptics and the author of the complaint, Ken McLeod, say Ms Dorey and AVN do not promote choice because her speeches and publications never mention the proven benefits of immunisation, and the group's motto is: "Love them, protect them, never inject them."
"They can have their view but be upfront about it and don't quote dubious scientific evidence that has been debunked," Skeptics executive officer Tim Mendham said.
Mr Smith wrote and funded the advertisement because he believed young, vulnerable mothers were being conned by the network's claim to be an independent voice.
Complaints commission executive officer Kim Swan said the allegations were being assessed, and AVN had been asked to respond.
Ms Dorey said the commission did not have jurisdiction over her or the network because she was not medically qualified and did not provide a health service.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: ONLY THREE WEEKS TO GO!!!!!
 
 9/9/09 Internet Marathon 
Proclaiming a Jubilee in Israel 
ALL DEBTS MUST BE FORGIVEN!   THIS IS YAHWEH'S LAW!
A DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING IN ISRAEL
 
9 am to 9 pm on Talkshoe Radio September 9, 2009
 
  (ps. If you want to make this world a better place, you can do this from your easy chair!  Just listen, pray and fast!)
Tentative Program
Six Two-Hour Segments Hosted By Bill and Eli
 
9-11 AM
Hosted by Eli
Lord's Prayer with Pastor George Udvary
Plus, Jews and Mystery Babylon, with Pastor Jay Faber
11 AM - 1 PM
Jewish Usury in the Middle Ages
By William Finck
1 - 3 PM
Organized Jewry Versus Freedom of Speech
Eli with Arthur Topham, RadcialPress.com
3-5 PM
Bill Interviews Clifton Emahiser About the Edomites in Our Midst
5 - 7 PM
Eli Interviews Jeff Weakly: Sabbaths and Jubilees
7 - 9 PM
Bill Interviews Pastor Jeromy Visser: Repentance and Forgiveness 
  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This Week's Radio Shows with Pastor Eli James
Church of the Restoration of True Israel
Ecclesiastical Council for=2 0the Restoration of Covenant Israel
   
Fridays:
Christogenos, with Greek Expert, William Finck, 8pmE
Aug 21, Topic: Two-Seedline in the New Testament, Part 11, Two-Seedline in Matthew and Luke 
William Finck's website:
Saturdays:
Come Out of Her, Hosted by Sword Brethren, 5pmE
Aug 22 Topic:  Interview with Pastor Eli James: John 5
Yahweh's Covenant People, With Guest-Hosts, Pastor Ken Gregg and William Finck, 8pmE.  www.talkshoe.com/tc/21924
Aug 22 Topic:   I Corinthians, Part 4
Sundays: 
Voice of Christian Israel, 12 Noon Eastern Time
Aug 23, Interview with Greg Howard: The Chosen of Enoch 
Sundays and Wednesdays: Regular shows by Pastor Dan Johns
By Yahweh's Design
Sundays at 2 pm and Wednesdays at 8 pm (Eastern)   
Pastor Jeromy Visser, Covenant People's Ministry 
 
Praise Yahweh for His REMNANT!!!!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++