Veterans are disheartened by a Senate inquiry into anti-malarial drug trials they say have left them with debilitating symptoms for nearly 20 years. Australian Defence Force personnel took quinoline drugs mefloquine and tafenoquine while deployed to Timor-Leste and...
ABC News 31 July 2018 7.30 By Michael Atkin Veterans who believe their severe physical and mental health conditions were caused by anti-malaria medications given to them by the Army are hoping a senate inquiry will find enough evidence to back their claims....
SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE ADF use of Mefloquine and Tafenoquine On 19 June 2018 the Senate referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee a range of matters relating to the ADF use of Mefloquine and...
Inquiry win in drug trial war IT’S a minor victory in a battle with a long way yet to run, but a Senate inquiry into Australian Malarial Institute-conducted drug trials is welcome news. The drugs involved were mefloquine and tafenoquine, the former approved for...
Today, Labor has announced that we will move to establish a Senate Inquiry into the use of the Quinoline anti-malarial drugs Mefloquine and Tafenoquine in the Australian Defence Force. It is almost two years since the Turnbull Government first acknowledged concerns...