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^ a b McCauley, Dana (3 February 2020)."Record number of parties square up amid a 'fracturing' political landscape". ^ "Notice under s.133(1A) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party".^ a b c "No jab, no vote: new anti-vax party registered - Involuntary Medication Objectors Party registered by AEC".
The video was removed from Facebook and YouTube, with the companies stating that the video was in breach of their policies. In it, he stated: "You can’t catch a virus it's impossible" and "the only way that you can catch a virus is by having it injected into your bloodstream". For those of you who don’t know, Tom is a world-renowned martial artists and Chinese Medicine practitioner who has. After a year-long course with one of his main teachers, Tom Bisio, Michael is now a ‘Certified Zang Fu Tui Na Practitioner.’. In March 2020, Tom Barnett, a party candidate in the 2019 federal election, created a video discussing coronavirus. Michael with instructors Tom Bisio, L.Ac. The party was successful in its application. In February 2020 the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt opposed the party's application to change its name to the Informed Medical Options Party saying "that such a name would be misleading". They were not successful in having a candidate elected. The party ran candidates in NSW, Qld and WA in the May 2019 Australian federal election for the Australian Senate and received a total of 17,055 total votes as first preference. Party secretary Michael O'Neill said the " anti-vaxxer" label regularly used by critics was "insulting". Australian Medical Association president Tony Bartone said the party's views "lack the backing of scientific evidence" and that its members "should consider the harm that can ensue upon the Australian community". The Party states that these are "mass-medication programs" where there is "genuine scientific uncertainty about the benefits and risks in a genetically diverse population". The party's policies oppose compulsory vaccination programs and water fluoridation.
It was registered for federal elections on 26 October 2016. The Informed Medical Options Party (formerly known as the Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) is an Australian political party.