Tasmanian Voters, Not the Doctors Union, Will Elect or Reject Vaccine Critic

Sladden closed her practice in 2021 because of strong objections to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Liberal leader Jeremy Rockliff with supporters and candidates at Peppers Silo Hotel, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on Feb. 20, 2024. AAP Image/Ethan James

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Tasmania goes to early polls on March 23. The centre-right Liberal Party has selected Dr. Julie Sladden, a registered general practitioner and emergency medicine doctor since 1997, to contest the northern electorate of Bass.