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Canberra, Aug. 22, 2017 (Xinhua/NAN) Australia’s opposition political party on Tuesday called on the government to ban the world’s leading anti-vaccination advocate from visiting the country.
Kent Heckenlively, who describes himself as the “world’s number one anti-vaxxer”, is due to tour Australia in December.
His aim is to use series of lectures to call for a five-year moratorium on childhood vaccinations.
However, the Australian Labour Party (ALP) wrote to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday, demanding that a travel ban be placed on Heckenlively.
Catherine King, an ALP health spokesperson, said the threat of Heckenlively’s visit should be taken seriously.
She said that Heckenlively should be banned from entering Australia under section 501 of the Migration Act, which allows the refusal or cancellation of a visa based on the holder’s character.
“Labor is alarmed that Heckenlively may be allowed to promote this dangerous nonsense in Australia,” King said in the letter to Dutton. (Xinhua/NAN)
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Edited by Celine-Damilola Oyewole/Sadiya Hamza