The Government is currently reviewing its ban on the use of Ivermectin in treating COVID-19, but the results will come far too late for something that should have never been banned in the first place.

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Senator ROBERTS: My question is to Senator Gallagher, the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Minister, I understand that the TGA is conducting a review of their ban on prescribing ivermectin for COVID. Can the minister confirm this review is underway, state the return date, and advise us of the current advice to medical professionals on the use of ivermectin for COVID-19?

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:29): I thank Senator Roberts for the question. I understand the TGA received an application from a doctor to amend the Poisons Standard in relation to ivermectin. I think that kicks off an automatic process. The application is to remove those restrictions that were placed on ivermectin when it began being prescribed to treat COVID-19. So the application is to enable GPs to prescribe it. I think that kicks off a process which is automatic in the TGA. The application is currently open for public consultation until the end of this month. Then it will be discussed by the ACMS at their next meeting on 9 November. An interim decision is expected by February 2023 and a final decision later in 2023. In terms of advice, whilst this process is underway separately there hasn’t been any change to the advice from the TGA that led them to put those restrictions on ivermectin as a prescription for COVID-19. That hasn’t changed.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Roberts, first supplementary question.

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (14:31): On 31 August this year, the Brazilian University of Sao Paulo published a peer reviewed paper that showed regular use of ivermectin as a prophylaxis for COVID-19 lead to a 92 per cent reduction in COVID-19 mortality rates amongst their sample of 88,000 subjects. A 92 per cent reduction in mortality. Minister, how much more proof does this government need to overturn the ban on ivermectin today and stop costing lives?

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:31): I have full trust and faith in the processes that the TGA implement, in terms of making advice and recommendations, and, in this case, in placing restrictions on the use of ivermectin. There is a range of academic research, and not all of it would be putting the case as you put it. I’ve seen other studies that have been done that show there is no clinical benefit from using ivermectin. That is not unusual with some of these trials; it isn’t unusual to have a significant difference of opinion.

From my point of view, the TGA has served us very well through this pandemic. They have provided very good advice. Their processes are rigorous and thorough. This process that’s now underway will, I’m sure, look at the issues that have been raised by this doctor, but, as far as I can see, there’s no reason to change. (Time expired)

The PRESIDENT: Senator Roberts, second supplementary question.

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (14:32): Whether separate from or part of a royal commission, will you conduct an enquiry into the failure of medical advice on ivermectin and, specifically, on who made the decision to ban ivermectin and who is responsible for the harm that came from the decision? When will you apologise to the politicians and medical professionals who were right all along?

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:33): We have a fundamental disagreement here. I don’t accept the position you are putting here, Senator Roberts. I understand you have a particular view on this, but I believe that the Therapeutic Goods Administration have operated very well during this pandemic. The Prime Minister has made it clear that, at the right time—when we are through the pandemic—we will definitely have a review of some sort looking at our response to the pandemic.

But I do not accept the proposition that you are putting about the use of ivermectin. The evidence that’s before the TGA is that there did need to be restrictions placed on it. It’s not the only drug where there are restrictions placed. There are other medicines that cannot be prescribed by GPs, or they have to go through a process. Based on the information the TGA has provided, they see good reason to put those restrictions. That other process, which I spoke of in the first answer, will report back on those dates that I’ve outlined.

39 replies
  1. Kenneth Holt
    Kenneth Holt says:

    Your statements in parliament may eventually prove useful, Malcolm. I hope that various ministers and members of the TGA, ATAGI, and AHPRA will one-day face court for the mass murder caused by the shots and the denial of early Covid 19 treatment options. They will try to claim that nobody could have anticipated the problems and that the science changed. Your speeches will demonstrate that both these defensive statements are false, as you knew the information and they should have known it too as you advised them on record. Well done. Keep up the good work.

    • William Turner
      William Turner says:

      Agreed. I feared the politicians who forced citizens into lockdown and then get injected against their will , seriously the most unethical thing to happen in Australia’s history, bar non. Might be able to claim “this is best we had to go on at the time”, despite the overwhelming resistance from the public.
      Hopefully this is what will get handcuffs on the right people

    • Kevin OCallaghan
      Kevin OCallaghan says:

      I Agree with you entirely ; unfortunately Malcolm is one of only 6 ( at my best count ) Federal Parliamentarians, from both houses, that have made Clear Statements about the Absolute Treachery of TGA director Assoc. Professor Skerrit. (Definitely NO ..”Riderous Batch Scrutiny” .. from him of the ‘Quacksines’ ). When questioned by Senator Roberts during a recent Senate committee hearing, the…” Lying Skerrit~Ferrit” had to dive deep into ‘ his coverup hole’ .

    • Kevin OCallaghan
      Kevin OCallaghan says:

      I Agree with you entirely ; unfortunately Malcolm is one of only 6 ( at my best count ) Federal Parliamentarians, from both houses, that have made Clear Statements about the Absolute Treachery of TGA director Assoc. Professor Skerrit. (Definitely NO ..”Rigerous Batch Scrutiny” .. from him of the ‘Quacksines’ ). When questioned by Senator Roberts during a recent Senate committee hearing, the…” Lying Skerrit~Ferrit” had to dive deep into ‘ his coverup hole’ .

  2. Martin Murphy
    Martin Murphy says:

    I wonder how these bureaucrats would act if they personally had loved ones who had lost their lives due to the TGA& others do such a good job during the PLANDEMIC of killing people with their (WEF/WHO/UN) decisions!!
    I do not believe they are ignorant or blind they are criminals! They will not receive whatever they have been promised by these elite psychotic maniacs.
    Keep pushing Malcolm, we need so many more like you to help save humanity!!

  3. Judy Peterson
    Judy Peterson says:

    I had sourced Invermectin and my family members used it when their antigen test registered a positive.
    All had mild effects. I note the one person who didn’t use it had to go to hospital.

    • Neil Laver
      Neil Laver says:

      I also had access to ivermectin and used it when I co reacted covid, my symptoms were extremely mild, a slight headache and just one day where I had a fever. I have a couple of underlying medical issues and using the Ivermectin along with regular Vitamin D, C, Zinc, Tumeric and CoQ10 basically stopped the covid in its tracks. Others I know who weren’t using these protocols did become quite unwell due to covid and they are all triple jabbed while others that are unjabbed , who had contracted covid had very few symptoms due to using the ivermectin and vitamin supplements but also that they were unjabbed and their immune systems were at full strength not like those that have been jabbed who were mostly worse due to their immune system having been compromised by the Experimental Gene Therapies

  4. Steve
    Steve says:

    Ivermectin was quietly added back to list of antivirals available for covid 19 in the USA.
    TGA approval for vaccine was super quick ivermectin, very slow.

  5. MG
    MG says:

    I am so thankful for the great work you are doing Malcom and the courage of the PHON team in the face of such adversity. Please keep fighting…We, like thousands of others, vote for you every election but until the system is fixed that’s like sneezing into the wind.
    Re Ivermectin…For your records…my whole adult and extended family (about 20) took the jab for job option, mostly only two jabs…While I and my sister, in our 70s, remain pure-bloods.
    Since then, the family have all suffered on-going debilitating flu…except my sister and I, who have not had a cold or flu in four years…When the first signs of flu symptoms appear, we take our ivermectin and voile’…
    I continue to pray for a future cure for the non-believers, who obviously will never admit the damage they have done to themselves and families, particularly with the continual evil and covert government indoctrination encourages them by finance or foul deed, that they are being good citizens…
    If only they could admit defeat and start looking for a solution to save themselves, like Ivermectin, all would not be lost. But then it is said that pride cometh before a fall…

    After a lifelong struggle with a neurological condition, my beautiful, incredibly Intelligent sister finally surrendered her spirit, mainly because she couldn’t bear to watch her family decline in personality and health wrought by this poison in their system, or the divisiveness it had caused.
    If I can save one family by sharing my experience, our prayers would be answered.🙏🏻

  6. Skink
    Skink says:

    Ivermectin has a long track record throughout the world as safe. I believe the Japanese scientist won a Nobel prize for the discovery of this. For C-19 it is safe, cheap and effective. Uttar Pradesh, Japan, Honduras and a few others have had success with ivermectin. Robert Malone realised from the beginning that a safe and effective vaccine could not be designed and produced in time, so he along with the FLCCC (USA) immediately researched existing drugs for prophylactic. Ivermectin works by greatly inhibiting viral replication and inflammation.
    With a safe existing treatment available, Emergency Use Authorisation would not be legal for the vaccine (which had already been patented!). Also liability is taken care of for the drug companies if you consent to partake in Medical Experimentation. There was never any informed consent. This is not a vaccine. This is gene therapy. Fauci about a year ago changed on the NIH website the definition of vaccine to accomodate for gene therapy.
    The vaccine spike protein enters the nucleus of the cells and down regulates DNA damage repair and subverts the immune system. Swedish study early November 2021. The spike protein is then reverse transcribed into DNA.

  7. Susie Szephora
    Susie Szephora says:

    Senator Gallagher gave her opinion on what TGA did, there is no proof or scientific data presented by her to back up her opinion. Her address to both questions were weak and unacceptable. Sorry but as an Australian citizen I do not accept her opinion as fact and she should be put on notice to back up her opinion with facts.

    • Neil Laver
      Neil Laver says:

      I just sit here in amazement that these leftist can stand up and babble about a subject surrounding covid and I think to myself that how can they be so firm in their belief that the covid scam is so real. Are they just following orders, you know, stick to the party line, are they being paid to run this narrative, it is beyond comprehension that these people can be so stupid to continue to spruik the lies. Total dumb fcuks!!

  8. Susie Szephora
    Susie Szephora says:

    Senator Gallagher gave her opinion on what TGA did, there is no proof or scientific data presented by her to back up her opinion. Her address to both questions were weak and unacceptable. Sorry but as an Australian citizen I do not accept her opinion as fact and she should be put on notice to back up her opinion with facts.

  9. Daniela
    Daniela says:

    TGA,ATAGI,AMA,AHPRA. TGA forbids Ivermectin which is successfully proved in Brazil and Africa. The elderly in aged care the pensions which we paid 7.5% in hidden taxes( and it is still on) drawing too much pensions and the government doesn’t have the money. AHPRA deregistering the doctors who doesn’t get the jab? We are not in democracy we live under a DICTATORSHIP AUTHORITARIAN government. Probably we follow Klaus Schwab of WEF which is getting the marching orders from Khazaria Masonic filth.

  10. Tom Harbrow
    Tom Harbrow says:

    As a layman who has followed this debacle very closely and was aware of French cheif epidemiologist Proffessor Didier Rouse stating accurately that lockdowns were medieval and caused more harm than good and that Hydroxychloroquine proved a life saver for early treatement and our own Tomas Borody stating Ivermectin-zinc-Doxycycline could be used as a preventative or early treatement successfully was thrown in the bin and the corrupt authorities and pharmaceutical companies simply left two of the ingredients out (zinc and doxycycline) in there obvious target to discredit Borodys treatement, this is supposed to be proof Ivermectin didnt work and skirted around the FDA and CDC requirements to authorise their “vaccine” that is nothing more than an expensive cash cow.Bring on a royal commission with open terms of reference.

  11. Les Bartlett
    Les Bartlett says:

    These politicians need to be held accountable, are they such a protected species that they have no fear of retribution, it appears that they all seem to be good at pollie speak protecting their backsides their bureaucrats their mates in parliament more worried about the party line then telling the truth, and not very good at Common sense or compassion or any urgency to get things done how many more people have to die before they take some action on ivermectin, if that minister was put on notice that she will be placed in the queue with the rest of the incompetents and charged with crimes against humanity I reckon she wouldn’t be so cock sure about herself , Malcolm good work keep the pressure on and good luck we all certainly need it.

  12. Rita
    Rita says:

    Thank you Malcolm for bring up this topic of concern to the people of Australia. I feel the banning of Ivermectin has been a process in the event. We have past parliamentary leaders selling of Australia to foreign entities, we have the signing away our rights to the WEF & the U.N. We have had the foreign entities including the pharmaceuticals, Ahpra and governing bodies taken over, and then came the threat of a deadly virus which turns out was man made re gain of function all for the benefit of profiteering. Ivermectin previously had won many awards but as it was a cheap alternative to good health, big pharma was against it as it would mean people may choose this method over the mandated vaccine /profits. It is all about profit, control & not the people health, and this is the reason these foreign entities we have allowed to take over are censoring & deleting much needed side effects & deaths. I used to believe in the vaccines but now I feel many are seeing the true light of the agenda. People are now make the choice to avoid anything that the bought out media & these tentacled bodies of profiteering agenda are promoting, at all costs. I am seeing a lot of people/ companies collapsing/ leaving as there time to stand for crimes against humanity “”IS COMING””. Thank you Malcolm for being the Australian peoples voice, thank god for you & your team. Keep up the great work.

  13. Neil Renfree
    Neil Renfree says:

    It is obvious the Labor Party do not place a “Covid Enquiry” with any sort of priority!
    Rather let’s look to establishing a corruption inquisition.. er Kangaroo Court, or kick off
    a Royal Commission on Robodebt. It’s as if the deaths, damage to bodies, debts etc either didn’t happen or
    don’t matter to those who enthusiasticly coerced us into believing the experiment was “safe and effective”
    Misleading Parliament, the likes of Senator Gallagher’s reply, [we demand better of someone on her paygrade]
    does not, by any means, compare to misleding the entire population of Australia!!!! Justice can’t come quickly enough…

  14. Marcus
    Marcus says:

    This lady is very daft. TGA did the worst job globally.
    It’s time to start arresting the corrupt people who pushed mandates and blocked the use of ivermectin.
    John skerret TGA start with him then the state premiers and employers anyone who pushed mandates and violated basic human rights laws.
    It obvious that the pharmaceutical companies new ivermectin worked and had it blocked.

  15. John Golding
    John Golding says:

    Senator Roberts-brilliant questionning and follow up!
    How do we get ONE NATION into the Prime Minister role?
    They seem to be the ONLY ones who really have Australia best interests at heart!!!

  16. Neil Renfree
    Neil Renfree says:

    What is staggering to me is the stubborn refusal, by Sen, Gallagher, to concede our “medical experts” have failed us, and, I allege in a criminally culpable manner! If Sen. Gallagher, and the entire Parliament accepted that COVID was a national disaster/disgrace I would feel vindicated, However hardly a “blip” on the radar…. One only needs to read and do some BASIC research [why do we retain parliamentary staff to do this?] to give credence to your premise Malcolm. I recomend a read of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s book “The Real Anthony Fauci” for a precise, legal case of corruption which was underpinning “The Experiment”. Very detailed on the conspiracy to ban cheap, effective and PRE-EXISTING PROVEN TREATMENTS. No way should we stand by and let this be allowed to blow over. Time is of the essence!!!
    One last point. Wasn’t our esteemed medical experts the same autocrats who muzzled the “practising/treating” professionals by threats of de-registration? [I can personally vouch for this in my case]

  17. Curious
    Curious says:

    ..ask them to name 1 vax that was FDA approved. NONE were. They were only approved under EUA.
    To get EUA there has to be no other medication that could work against covid.
    Ivm and HCQ had to be banned to give the vaxxes EUA.
    IF cominarty was approved there would be no need to ban IVM and HCQ.
    MurderousSCAMDEMIC
    They had to ban IVM and HCQ

  18. Bevan Dockery
    Bevan Dockery says:

    Senator Gallagher’s reply is a disgrace. How many more Australians are going to die of Covid before a decision on the use of Ivermectin, stated to come after February 2023 ? There were 14,421 Covid deaths up until 09 September 2022, the last figure given on the Federal Health web site. Many of these could probably have been avoided if the Governments had not ensured that the Covid jab as the only available treatment. The deaths probably now exceed 15,000 persons, once living and now dead and buried.
    Through 2020, with no vaccine in use, the deaths were 909 for the year. This consisted of a spate of 97 deaths up until 06 May followed by only 9 deaths for the 75 days through until 11 July, definitely not a pandemic. Then followed a serious sequence of 798 deaths through until 14 October 2020, a period of 96 days. Remarkably for the next 281 days to 22 July 2021, there were only 11 more deaths.
    Meanwhile the Federal Government had taken delivery of a large number of an experimental gene therapy injection for which there was no human trial data given in spite of the gene therapy having never provided a cure for any known medical condition. Doctors where prohibited from giving any treatment for Covid other that the gene therapy injection, called a vaccine after the definition of vaccine was conveniently changed.
    The gene therapy injections commenced on about 22 February 2021 with a follow-up second injection given in the later part of that year. Thereafter the number of deaths gradually increased to a total of 1330 deaths for the year 2021.
    A third ‘booster’ injection was made available at the end of 2021, resulting in a dramatic increase in deaths to a maximum of 134 in one day alone, 28 January 2022, part of a total of 1220 deaths for the 31 days of January clearly demonstrating that the infection failed to stop infection and subsequent death and possibly caused or contributed to the Covid deaths. This was confirmed by a fourth ‘booster’ injection later in the year giving rise to 157 deaths on the single day 29 July 2022, part of a sum of 4005 deaths for the 62 days July-August 2022, a damning indictment of the incompetence of the Federal and State Governments.

  19. Cynthia LomasSGallagher
    Cynthia LomasSGallagher says:

    Senator Gallagher shows her ignorance and lack of researched knowledge by her glib answers. TGA pushed Injections for babies and young children yet there is much proof around the world that 1,these innocents neither carry nor spread the virus. In fact their immune systems are naturally very strong. 2,how many of these arrogant bureaucrats are scientists or doctors? 3,Ivermectin is a proven and prize winning drug which from personal,family experience we know to be very effective,4,I don’t recall voting TGA to dictate what goes into any individuals body. This whole disastrous episode has made Australia a laughing stock of intelligent,well informed,freedom loving peoples.When are the current government going to apologise for the injuries ,deaths,suicides and long waits for elective surgeries which have been caused by the mishandling of an easily controlled infection. You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time. Truth will out and the first government body of total and criminal mishandling is TGA. It should be immediately disbanded. Similarly the AMA. Keep fighting Malcolm.

  20. SueDehnert
    SueDehnert says:

    Thankyou Senator Malcolm Roberts for you honest and continual efforts in Parliament exposing this Covid scam and attack on Australian Citizens and the World
    You stated PFD evidence of trials on Ivermectin success in treating the Scam covid virus but Callaghers evidence is her belief in the TGA good work Well her belief is not good enough she must table scientific evidence The evidence we have seen is the TGA is owned by big Pharma and they have financial interest to block a cheap and effective drug in favour of Experimental Gene Manipulation under the coverup of being called a Vaccine
    Push on One Nation for Royal Commission as all must be bought to justice who pushed this illegal experimentation on the Australian Citizens

  21. Sam Hannant
    Sam Hannant says:

    Thanks again Malcolm for attempting to hold these criminals to account.
    The TGA and our unelected medical offers should be coming forward and apologising for the harm both physically and economically that they have caused. They are either incredibly stupid or ignorant and need to be held accountable.

  22. Chris
    Chris says:

    Hi Malcolm I am so happy to see you tackling APHA on their stance on ivermectin. I am a 80 year old lady with heart problems, Pulmonary Fibrosis and emphysema and unjabbed. I contracted Covid in May and was quite sick but my son managed to get ivermectin for me (first time in my life I have taken illegal drugs) and I was quickly on the mend. I feel if this drug was able to cure me at my age and with all my health problems just think what good it could have been to the community. So often I hear people say I had Covid if I hadn’t had the vaccine I might have died while I bite my tongue and think if I hadn’t been lucky enough to get ivermectin it’s was far more likely I would have died.

  23. Lynnette Hammet
    Lynnette Hammet says:

    Thank you for bringing this up Malcolm. It was a very stupid ruling right from the start. We had our wonderful Prof Thomas Borody (who was silenced) who had developed a triple therapy for treating Covid. Instead we had to suffer the ruling from someone at the TGA who is an agriculturalist who specializes in wheat!!! Never treated a patient and never likely to. A disgraceful state of affairs. Thank you again Malcolm for keeping on about this – there are many top doctors in this coutnry who think that the TGA, AHPRA and ATAGI should all be shut down. Good luck as we are dealing with fools.

  24. Brian
    Brian says:

    Dear Senator GALLAGHER

    I refer to your response to Senator ROBERTS regarding the use of ivermectin, with zinc, in preventing and curing covid-sars-2 and nuovo-covid-19. Please do not forget the zinc. The withdrawn Lancet and the W.H.O. studies dishonestly left out the zinc.

    Although your responses to Senator Roberts were based upon your perceptions and having seen some studies, I want to look at what is daily being revealed at an accelerating rate.

    Because you are not a medical scientist, let alone a scientist, I would like to bring you beyond this previous understanding into the present.

    Our understanding of what went wrong is accelerating in its revelation as scientists, lawyers, etc. delve into the situation.

    Current actuarial mathematical science has revealed that, for those who have received the sars-covid-injection, the inoculated have a 50% chance of survival beyond 5 Years.

    If you received an injection, then you have a 50% chance of survival beyond 5 years from when you were injected.

    During last week, an FoI request response, which was previously redacted, was released showing that the Pfizer injection was made and tested in China by the Chinese Communist Party.

    Earlier this year, Pfizer was ordered by a U.S. court to immediately release all of its research findings, for which Pfizer previously requested a 75-year embargo on the material.

    In the multitude of tens of thousands of pages of this Pfizer material, researchers very recently found that in a Pfizer study of the efficacy and safety of their injection upon a cohort of pregnant women, there were 40% still births. Pfizer claimed that their injection was “safe and effective” for pregnant women. As a woman, or a mother, one would expect you to be incensed at this. One would expect that you would want an enquiry into what went on. Or, as an ALP politician, you may consider that unborn children are disposable through abortion.

    Pfizer had hidden this result by declaring this adverse event as “resolved”. That is, the adverse injury event was resolved with the death of the baby.

    Discoveries like this are being revealed daily at an accelerating rate. Forget your previous perceptions. They are just that; perceptions or vague unsubstantiated intuition. What a scientist might call “an hypothesis” that may or may not be open to testing.

    I procured my own Ivermectin Dispersible Tablets, Zinc Acetate Tablets & Doxycycline Capsules IP. When administered to a person, who tested positive for covid, s/he recovered in 2 days. S/he sought a test to obtain a certificate for time off work.

    The Australian citizens definitely deserve a review that is far more than being “of some sort” for looking at our response to the pandemic.

    Your blasé “of some sort” response is totally reprehensible. Remember, if you received the inoculation, you have a 50% chance of survival past 5 years.

  25. Craig Neil
    Craig Neil says:

    After 140 emails and counting that I have sent to both Professor Skerritt and Kelly as well as the TGA still no reply. I have sent a tsunami of evidence; including but not limited to peer reviewed studies on ivermectin (early treatments) and the dangerous experimental gene therapy (covid 19 vaccine) together with evidence from world wide studies and data which clearly demonstrates how this phase 3 clinical trial of the covid 19 vaccine is going. Essentially my only reply from any one was on one occasion professor Paul Kelly agreed with my Vitamin D paper. He agreed Vit D is good in a treatment protocol for covid 19; yet he will not support vitamin D in any treatment.

    The Intellectual level of these baboons seems to be equivalent to an IQ of 40 (40–54 = Moderately impaired or delayed) or they have a conflict of interest and love the power they have been given. Personally I believe it is because of all three reasons stated. God Help us and may justice come to those that have terrorised us.

  26. Chris
    Chris says:

    “The TGA has served us very well” My God Malcolm how do you stay sane having to listen to this rubbish.

  27. Simon
    Simon says:

    Wow! When did we hear about Uttar Pradesh or any other region/country that mass implemented Ivermectin protocols. When did the TGA even acknowledge that ivermectin is one of the most widely used and prescribed drugs in human history, billions of doses, and then all of a sudden its on the… Poisons Standard.

    The very companies that have vested interests in funding and producing vaccines, who in part or whole, fund the TGA, have no vested interest in controlling the information on competitors for their products? This lady is in the twilight zone.

    Sack her! Period.

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