AMPS - Australian Medical Professionals' Society

08/04/2026

🚨 Speaking up for safety shouldn’t cost you your career.

A psychiatrist shared a mainstream news article… and now faces an investigation by AHPRA.

Read that again.

This is about every clinician who has ever paused and thought:
“Something isn’t right here.”

Because in healthcare, silence isn’t neutral. Silence is risk.

We tell our members every day: Advocate. Escalate. Protect your patients.

But what happens when speaking up becomes the danger?

⚖️ Can clinicians raise concerns without fear of punishment?
🩺 Who protects the people protecting patients?
📢 Are we creating a culture of safety — or a culture of silence?

👇 Your voice matters here:
• Have you ever held back from speaking up? Why?
• What would make you feel safe to raise concerns?
• Where should the line be between regulation and repression?

No judgement. Just truth.

Because patient safety depends on clinicians who are brave enough to speak — and a system strong enough to listen.

Prominent child psychiatrist Jillian Spencer is being investigated by the national health regulator after she shared on social media an article from The Australian that quoted her concerns about gender-affirming medical treatment for children.

30/03/2026

Pfizer Chief Toxicologist Bombshell Admission on Covid Vaccine — 19th March 2026

Boom Finance and Economics reports:

It now appears undeniable that the Pfizer Covid vaccine was not tested for its ability to cause cancer (carcinogenicity) or reproductive safety. Both the incidence of cancer and impaired fertility appear to have risen following the release of the Pfizer Covid vaccine.

Read the Blog from Boom Finance and Economics and CMN News here 👉 https://boomfinanceandeconomics.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/pfizer-chief-toxicologist-at-german-covid-inquiry-shocking-truth-revealed-the-epstein-connection-to-project-vaccine-a-mothers-grief-her-heart-rending-story-uk-covid-inquiry-lockdowns-may-h/

AMPS has been corresponding with the TGA, ATAGI, AHPRA, and the Department of Health for years, raising these concerns to no avail. Doctors have spoken up for safety in line with our codes of conduct and the Hippocratic Oath to “first, do no harm."Those with power seem to refuse to listen or act.

In the BMJ revealed that the manufacturing process used for the mass vaccination program appeared untested 👉 https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1731/rr-2

Read the letter that AMPS sent to the Secretary of the Department of Health in January 2023 👉 https://amps.redunion.com.au/stopvaccineinfants4yo

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23/03/2026

🚨 When clinicians are too afraid to speak, patients pay the price.

In our latest piece, we unpack a growing crisis in healthcare:
👉 Doctors and nurses feel silenced
👉 Debate is being shut down
👉 And patient safety is at risk

Nearly 100% of 18,000+ health professionals surveyed say medicine has become politicised — and many don’t feel safe speaking up

That should stop us all in our tracks.

Because medicine without open debate isn’t science.
It’s compliance.

💬 Let’s talk about it:
— Have you ever felt pressured to stay quiet at work?
— Do you feel safe raising concerns about patient care?
— What needs to change?

Drop your thoughts below ⬇️
Join the conversation. Share this with a colleague who needs to see it.
AMPS will always stand for evidence, ethics, and the right to speak.

Medicine is not immune from political capture. Regulators risk becoming a 'Ministry of Truth' if doctors feel pressured to follow politics.

13/03/2026

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10/03/2026

🚨 When doctors speak up for patient safety — should they be punished?

A major development in the case of Queensland child psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer has raised serious questions about how whistleblowers are treated in our health system.

The Crime and Corruption Commission has acknowledged that the termination action taken against Dr Spencer may have been unlawful and could amount to corrupt conduct if proven.

Dr Spencer was suspended after raising concerns about the safety and evidence base of the “gender-affirming” medical model for children — a model now under serious scrutiny globally.

She says she spoke up because doctors have an ethical duty to put patient safety first!

So this raises an important question for every health professional — and every parent.

👉 Should doctors be punished for raising concerns about potential harm to children?
👉 Or should they be protected when they speak up in the public interest?

Across the country we are hearing the same thing from clinicians:

• Medicine is becoming politicised
• Practitioners feel unsafe to question guidelines
• Debate about emerging treatments is being shut down rather than examined

At the Nurses Professional Association of Australia and the Australian Medical Professionals Society, we believe something fundamental is at stake.

Science advances through open debate — not censorship.

When doctors fear professional punishment for asking difficult questions, patients are the ones who ultimately suffer.

Dr Spencer’s case is not just about one doctor.

It is about whether clinicians can still fulfil the most basic obligation of medicine:

First, do no harm.

📖 Read more about the case here

https://hubs.la/Q04685th0

05/03/2026

Channel 7 has reported on the chilling effect medical regulation is having on doctors speaking publicly.

Doctors who raise their head above the parapet to question evidence, policy, or treatment models are increasingly targeted with complaints and investigations. The message to the profession is clear: stay silent.

Yet Senate committee recommendations have been clear: notifications accepted by AHPRA should be limited to clinical issues relating to patient safety.

When regulators police debate instead of focusing on unsafe clinical practice, they don't protect the public. It silences the very discussions medicine depends on — especially when treatments involving children are debated.

AMPS and NPAA are actively engaging with government and regulators on this issue.

If doctors are punished for speaking, who will speak up when patients are at risk?

https://hubs.la/Q045G0b10

04/03/2026

The causes of Australian excess deaths in 2021, and beyond: An ecological study considering COVID-19, the lockdowns, and the vaccines.

Researchers examined patterns of excess deaths across Australian regions and compared three possible explanations: COVID-19 itself, lockdowns, and vaccination programs. In several regions, excess mortality appeared before widespread COVID transmission and without prolonged lockdowns, but during periods of rapid vaccine rollout.

These findings echo the concerns raised in the Australian Medical Professionals Society book Too Many Dead, which calls for honest scrutiny of pandemic-era health policy, excess deaths, and the unanswered questions many clinicians and families are still asking.

For healthcare professionals and the public alike, the message is clear:

We cannot move forward without the truth.
We cannot rebuild trust without transparency.
And we cannot ignore the growing evidence that demands proper investigation.

Read the study.
Read Too Many Dead.
Then ask the question Australia still hasn’t answered:

Why are so many people still dying?

Background Numerous concerns have been raised about excess mortality persisting beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 and the lockdowns are typically offered a...

04/03/2026

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04/03/2026

Doctors are right to call this what it is: “the wrong reform at the wrong time”

Slashing ambulance transfer targets to 45 minutes sounds decisive. It looks good in a press release. But it does nothing to fix the real crisis.

Hospitals are gridlocked.

We have chronic bed block because there are nowhere near enough aged care and NDIS places. Patients who are medically fit cannot leave. Wards are full. ED backs up. Ambulances ramp.

Add to that severe workforce shortage and burnt-out staff already stretched beyond safe limits

And the solution is… tighter targets?

When there are no beds, targets don’t create flow. They create pressure.

We’ve seen how this plays out:
Corridor nursing.
Patients in unmonitored spaces.
Excessive waiting room times so people call ambulances instead.
Data manipulation.
Rushed discharges.

That is not reform. That is risk.

This is policy designed to improve optics, not outcomes. It shifts pressure onto frontline clinicians instead of fixing aged care capacity, sub-acute beds, community supports and staffing.

You cannot KPI your way out of structural failure.

And practitioners will pay the price — with burnout, moral injury and blame when something goes wrong.

Question 👇
If you work in ED, wards or ambulance services — tell us your story?

Comment or email hotline@redunion.com.au

The government’s plan to cut ambulance ramping times is no substitute for a comprehensive strategy to fix chronic problems in Tasmania’s hospitals, health unions say.

03/03/2026

AHPRA says its “number one priority is to prevent harm.”

Yet after multiple complaints about a gynaecologist, patients were reportedly told their matters would go no further.

Colleagues say concerns were dismissed. Practitioners describe being blocked unless frightened patients front the complaint themselves.

This is the problem. Serious allegations are not investigated. But political commentary, satire and “consensus debates” attract relentless scrutiny, extended investigations and onerous regulatory conditions.

Dr Joe Kosterich said it plainly:

“Maybe if AHPRA wasted less time on vexatious and trivial matters they could deal with serious ones… rather than ticking internal boxes!”

That’s the frustration across the profession.

AMPS has repeatedly raised concerns about process failures, inconsistency and misplaced priorities. A regulator that ignores harm while over-policing speech and guideline adherence is not serving the public.

Patient safety must come first. Not optics. Not box-ticking.

Question 👇
Have you experienced inconsistency, delay or dismissal in an AHPRA matter?

Responding to ‘recent media coverage’, a not-so-subtle reminder about practitioners’ notification obligations comes from the regulator.

26/02/2026

🧭 COVID: Never Forget, Never Forgive

A new Quadrant article revisits Australia’s pandemic response — from lockdowns and border closures to vaccine mandates and censorship — and asks hard questions about human rights, medical autonomy and the role of the WHO

The authors argue that emergency powers reshaped the balance between public health and civil liberties — and warn that the proposed WHO Pandemic Agreement may further centralise authority in future crises

Whatever your view of the past few years, one thing is clear:

We must examine what happened.
We must debate it openly.
And we must ensure that medicine never becomes detached from ethics, proportionality and informed consent.

At AMPS, we stand for clinical independence, transparent evidence, and the primacy of the doctor–patient relationship.

🔎 Question for our members:
Looking back, what safeguards should be in place to ensure future public health responses protect both lives and fundamental rights?

Read the full article here:

The Covid-19 era, still very fresh in recent memory, should always remind us of human rights were laid waste by arrogant, obstinate, incompetent governments

12/02/2026

During Senate Economics Legislation Committee hearings, Senator Matthew Canavan raised the joint AMPS–NPAA complaint with the ACCC, questioning the regulator about its handling of concerns regarding potentially misleading health-related fundraising claims.

The complaint relates to representations made to the public about medical interventions for children, where the evidence base, risks, and regulatory safeguards remain contested.

When vulnerable children are involved, professional claims must be accurate, evidence-based, and subject to proper scrutiny.

This is a matter of consumer law, patient safety, and regulatory responsibility, not ideology.