The Australian Medical Professionals Society (AMPS) is launching an inquiry into the changing mortality rate in Australia.
The group of doctors, aiming to be an alternative to the Australian Medical Association (AMA), want to address the “alarming rise in excess mortality in Australia since 2021.”
“This inquiry aims to uncover the most pressing question: what is causing Australians to die at unprecedented rates? Why has the death rate rocketed?” the group said in a statement.
The AMPS labelled the excess deaths an “overlooked crisis” and plans to hold an inquiry on Oct. 18 in Canberra.
The group said it had sent out invitations to hundreds of politicians, health authorities, medical colleges, and members of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
“In response to the Senate’s extraordinary decision on March 23, 2023 against investigating this sudden excess mortality, a committed group of Australians, in collaboration with international colleagues, has undertaken the investigation that our political and medical authorities have refused to pursue,” AMPS said.
“This inquiry delves into the regulatory failures hindering the proper analysis of preclinical data concerning experimental COVID-19 vaccines. It has unearthed serious shortcomings, potential discrepancies, and alarming signals of harm being overlooked.”
The AMPS is part of the Red Union and states it does not donate to any political party with membership fees.
Excess Deaths
According to recent ABS statistics, heart disease was the leading cause of death in Australia, followed by dementia and COVID-19.A virus appeared in the “top five leading causes” of death for the first time since 1970.
“The top five causes of death in 2022 were ischaemic heart disease, dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease), COVID-19, cerebrovascular diseases (strokes), and lung cancer, which when combined, accounted for more than a third of all deaths,” ABS head of mortality statistics Lauren Moran said.
There were 190,939 deaths in Australia in 2022, nearly 20,000 more than in 2021, the ABS stats revealed.
“While the number of deaths in Australia is expected to increase over time due to an ageing population, the age-standardised rate typically is expected to decrease.
“This expected decrease in the mortality rate is due to factors such as improved medical care and treatments leading to longer life expectancy.”
Heart disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease, lung cancer, and suicide were the top five causes of death among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
