Senator Claims TGA ‘Overriding’ Experts While Processing Vaccine Injury Claims

Senator Gerard Rennick—a long-time opponent of vaccination—says a ‘TGA whistleblower’ has told him that the Agency is turning down most vaccine injury claims.

A nurse is seen working at a Covid-19 testing clinic at Ipswich Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, on Aug. 24, 2020. Glenn Hunt/Getty Images

Senator Gerard Rennick has alleged—under parliamentary privilege in the Senate—that the Therapeutic Goods Administration is “overriding the decision of the specialists” in refusing claims for vaccine injury from people who received COVID-19 vaccinations.

Services Australia administers the scheme, which offers people a way to seek a one-off compensation payment, instead of going through legal proceedings, if they experienced harm from a vaccine.