AHPRA

AHPRA (Rigged science, Big Pharma/lobbyist, Regulatory agency)
Headquarters	Australia
Interest of	Therapeutic Goods Administration
Australian health regulation agency.

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is an Australian health regulation agency.

Official narrative

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) works with the 15 National Boards to help protect the public by regulating Australia's registered health practitioners. Together, our primary role is to protect the public and set standards and policies that all registered health practitioners must meet.

Public health messaging

In February 2022, AHPRA published "12 Commandments to avoid AHPRA notifications", advising doctors that "Health practitioners are obliged to ensure their views are consistent with public health messaging. This is particularly relevant in current times. Views expressed which may be consistent with evidence-based material may not necessarily be consistent with public health messaging."

Cereal industry "active defence"

Dr Fettke, a Tasmanian orthopaedic surgeon and an advocate of a low-carbohydrate diet, was persecuted for telling his diabetic patients to avoid carbohydrates, particularly refined sugars. He started pushing for changes to the food in the Launceston General Hospital where he worked, getting rid of sugary drinks and junk food, and then criticised the hospital for a lack of action.

In 2014, an anonymous complaint from a dietician at the hospital sparked an investigation by AHPRA. Fettke was investigated by the agency for almost five years. AHPRA held all its hearings against him in secret, and didn't allow him to attend and defend himself. AHPRA also didn't tell him what all the evidence against him was.

In 2017, Fettke was banned to comment on the "central role of nutrition in preventative health, nor in the management of chronic illness" on any social media platform, a life-long and non appellable ruling.

Fettke was named as a target for "active defence" by the Australian Breakfast Cereal Manufacturers Forum (ABCMF) of the Australian Food and Grocery Council, the industry association which represents among others cereal companies like Sanitarium, Kellogg’s and Nestlé. Leaked internal documents also divulged how the ABCMF aligns itself with public health authorities like the Dietitian’s Association of Australia (DAA), the body representing dieticians, to minimize negative messages about breakfast cereals.

In 2018, Fettke was eventually exonerated and received an apology for the way he was treated during the investigation

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