Alliance for Health Freedom Australia

Below is an update from David Sloan at the NZ Health Trust.

For those of you new to this forum, in a nutshell, the Australian TGA is trying very hard to shut down the NZ Health industry by means of creating a Joint Trans Tasman Alliance JTTA which has recently morphed into the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority (ANZTPA).

This will make it much harder for NZ small health business operators and is skewed toward the bigger industry players who can afford the high regulatory requirements of the TGA. This is another reason for the high cost of health supplements. In the long run this ANZTPA will bring us into line with world regulatory bodies like Codex which is moving towards banning, restricting access and reducing levels of nutrients available to the consumer.

For more on Codex please read: http://www.ahf-au.org/questions.answers.htm

[NZ Health Trust]

Hello once again to all supporters of health freedoms in NZ.

Well, what an interesting time this is. As you will all know the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill was tabled just before Christmas, passed its first reading by the narrowest of margins (61-60) and was referred to the Government Administration Select Committee for consideration.

Submissions on the 494 page Bill have now closed. We understand that the Committee is currently meeting to decide how to proceed with considering the many hundreds of submissions they received, including scheduling times for all those who wanted to be heard. At this stage it is likely that hearings will be held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Committee are to be commended for having the foresight to extend the date that they are to report back to Parliament from the original date of 30 April to mid June, giving them a much better chance to properly consider the very serious implications of this Bill on matters of New Zealand health and sovereignty.

In the meantime work continues on a number of fronts including working with various MP's and political parties, showing them the extent of public opposition to the Bill and the devastating effect it would have on natural healthcare in New Zealand were it to pass. We are delighted to see that ex labour MP Taito Phillip Field has announced his intention to oppose the Bill, putting the Government's ability to find a majority to pass the Bill in serious question. We would like to think that Sue Kedgley is right when she labelled ANZTPA a "dead duck" as a result however until the Bill is formally abandoned or defeated the fight must continue.

* Listen to the excellent recording from National Radio Station "Morning Report" 14 March 07 (approx 5 minutes)

* Read Sue Kedgley's Questions for Oral Answer on the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill-Level of Support in House

* To read the NZPA press release 13th March

* For the above three items click this link http://nzhealthtrust.co.nz/news.html

The NZ Health Trust in conjunction with New Health are planning a large scale campaign to coincide with the various stages remaining. Those stages are the select committee hearings, the date the select committee report is released and the subsequent debate and vote in Parliament. Look out for our upcoming ads, meetings and other events. In addition we will soon be distributing postcards to send to the NZ First and United Future MP's that supported the Bill at its first reading, reminding them of all the reasons this Bill must be defeated. As always your support for these initiatives will be crucial to the on going success.

If you haven't already done so please join New Health NZ, it costs you nothing and helps us stand up for the rights of the NZ Health consumer. To join now go to www.newhealth.co.nz to join now. Don't forget to tell your friends.

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Kind Regards,
Dave Sloan
March 2007

NZ Health Trust
A: PO Box 34-057 Christchurch, New Zealand
P: +64 3 3519807
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Michael Bending
Alliance for Health Freedom Australia
http://www.ahf-au.org

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