Ms Anna Cannon:

Dr. Diane Harper worked most of her professional life investigating the Gardasil and Cervarix HPV vaccines. She was a researcher and an original promoter of the vaccine, but she came out of the project expressing serious concern that the vaccine might not work, stating, in effect, that it could have no effect on cervical cancer rates, particularly in the short term. On numerous occasions she has characterised the vaccine as an experiment while pointing out the profit motive of the vaccine manufacturer. She has stated that the vaccine has no public health benefit and presents a very real risk of harming the public. This is a scientist who was directly involved in the development of the vaccine.

Senator Healy Eames underlined that we need to focus on help for these girls. We know, and it has been admitted, that people react to the vaccine and it has side effects. We now have 131 girls in Regret who present with these, as stated in the patient information leaflet. What will we do to help these girls get better?