Fluoridation and Queensland difference

On many issues, Queenslanders beg to differ. The fluoridation of water supplies is one such issue. In this piece, Harry Akers explores aspects of the history and politics of the fluoridation debate and tries to get to the bottom of this instance of Queensland exceptionalism

M. A. Simmonds (1905-1983): A Queensland Fluoride Pioneer

This paper is a commentary on curriculum vitae and life of the late MA "Alan" Simmonds, an engineer who was committed to artificial water fluoridation in Queensland

Water fluoridation in Queensland: new thoughts on an old issue.

Three minute Thesis Competition Faculty Final, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Researc

Civil Liberties - Why Queensland Had to Compromise on Street Marches

The Queensland Premier - The Rt Hon Joh Bjelke Petersen - revealed a Cabinet decision on the 5th September 1977, which banned certain political street marches. This decision made many Queenslanders question the role of police in society. This paper analyses the consequences for the Queensland Police Force, protestors and the political parties

A paralysis in public health policy: water fluoridation in Queensland (1996-2006)

By focusing on developments between 1996 and 2006, this paper explains the reasons for one of Australia’s public health inconsistencies, the comparatively low adoption of adjusted water fluoridation in Queensland. As such, this work involved literature review and traditional historical method. In Queensland, parliamentary support for water fluoridation is conditional on community approval. Political ambivalence and the constraints of the “Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act (1963)” Qld have hindered the advocacy of water fluoridation. The political circumstance surrounding the “Lord Mayor’s Taskforce on Fluoridation Report” (1997) influenced its findings and confirms that Australia’s biggest local authority, the Brisbane City Council, failed to authoritatively analyse water fluoridation. In 2004, a private member’s bill to mandate fluoridation failed in a spectacular fashion. In 2005, an official systems review of Queensland Health recommended public debate about water fluoridation. Our principal conclusion is that without mandatory legislation, widespread implementationof water fluoridation in Queensland is most unlikely

A Synopsis of the Advocacy of Artificial Water Fluoridation in Australia

This narrative precis chronologically catalogues some landmarks within Australian fluoridation advocacy. The author emphasises Queensland developments

Water fluoridation in Queensland. Why not? Timing, circumstance, and the nature of the fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act (1963) - A Review of a review

This paper argues that the reasons for Queensland's low levels of fluoridation lie not so much in its political culture but more specifically in the nature of state legislation governing fluoridation