Mayor to Ban Group From Holding Events Due to Their ‘Dangerous Vaccination Misinformation’

The Three Sisters from Echo Point, Blue Mountains National Park. Ian Woolcock/ Shutterstock

The Mayor of Australia’s iconic Blue Mountains has announced that he will ban the Australian Vaccination risks Network (AVN) from using public land “to disseminate dangerous misinformation about vaccinations.”

“I believe any request by anti-vaccination groups to hold events in the Blue Mountains should be refused,” Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill said in a statement on Aug. 12.