Review of the Victorian Dept of Health’s ‘Better Health Channel’ Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/review-of-the-victorian-dept-of-healths-better-health-channel.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 5 Apr 2026 07:04 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Anonymous [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10582111?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 May 2011 08:10:56 UTC 10582111 Ms Seyma Ibal [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10448520?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 May 2011 03:16:51 UTC 10448520 Anonymous [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10448346?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 May 2011 02:38:39 UTC 10448346 Mr Steve Payne [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10241427?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:54:45 UTC 10241427 Caroline Shipley [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10189451?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:08:13 UTC 10189451 Bradley Kendall [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10150801?utm_medium=rss It is essential that no credibility is lent to non-science-based treatments by their inclusion in a presentation from a government health sourcel. Clear deliniation must be made to avoid uninformed people risking their wellbeing on treatments that have no proven efficacy beyond placebo.

]]> Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:51:30 UTC 10150801 Dr Elisa Hill [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10144731?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2011 02:51:33 UTC 10144731 Mr Ian Storey [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10143095?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Apr 2011 05:21:30 UTC 10143095 Mr Ross Finlay [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10105690?utm_medium=rss Same principle should apply to Chemists selling ear candles.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:12:02 UTC 10105690 Ms Tiina Muukkonen [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10071662?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:48:06 UTC 10071662 Kate Gordon-Addison [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10069257?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:38:29 UTC 10069257 Dr Cameron Martin [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10027805?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:26:37 UTC 10027805 Mr Harris Walker [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10027429?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:03:10 UTC 10027429 Mr Anthony BILLINGTON [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9976241?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:36:33 UTC 9976241 Mr Brad Newsome [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9974711?utm_medium=rss The so-called Better Health Channel is a disgrace and a danger to the health of the very people it is supposed to help.

It needs an overhaul focusing on how and why the astonishing array of pseudoscientific quack treatments it currently promotes are rubbish.

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:02:06 UTC 9974711 Mr Glenn Hilling [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9958588?utm_medium=rss Complementary and alternative health practitioners often exploit the desperation of vulnerable people. It is a despicable act and should not be endorsed in any way by Government.

]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:17:56 UTC 9958588 Mr Ross McKeown [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9893614?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:41:22 UTC 9893614 Mr Leslie Harding [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9893570?utm_medium=rss I really expected more from Government bodies.
Please, wake up.

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:38:27 UTC 9893570 Dr Brendan Russ [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9863299?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 01:09:25 UTC 9863299 Mr Shane Plunkett [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9859856?utm_medium=rss There's no advertising on the ABC to avoid the perception of government endorsement of any product. And yet sham product are endorsed by Govt. departments that provide no public health benefit.

]]> Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:13:56 UTC 9859856 Mrs Judy Serelis [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9858602?utm_medium=rss As we age, we naturally become increasingly concerned about our health, and we avidly read about the many new medical developments and new therapies, giving us greater hope for improved health and quality of life. So much information! So I beg Government Agencies to only include informaton about scientifically proven and effective medicines and treatments, and completely leave out the "alternative" and "complementary" treatments. Please don't confuse the issue for us.

]]> Sun, 6 Mar 2011 05:39:46 UTC 9858602 Mr Nik Bagshaw [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9847812?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:02:47 UTC 9847812 Dr Andrew Jamieson [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846939?utm_medium=rss It is preposterous that the Victorian Government could give the impression of endorsement of quack treatments.

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:44:13 UTC 9846939 Mr Mick O'Brien [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9844950?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 03:41:54 UTC 9844950 Mr Bob Aikenhead [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9841171?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:31:23 UTC 9841171 Mr Phil Boyd [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9838866?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:29:04 UTC 9838866 Mr Ken McLeod [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9837525?utm_medium=rss Any government endorsement of homeopathy is grossly irresponsible, and demonstrates the ghastly ignorance of those responsible

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 04:25:10 UTC 9837525 Mr Tony Norton [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9831595?utm_medium=rss People or organisations promoting alt med products should be subject to the same degree of scrutiny and testing as any other promoter of medical products and should be made to justify any claims.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 04:53:09 UTC 9831595 Dr Algirdas Serelis [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9830007?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 02:04:29 UTC 9830007 Mr Peter Bromley [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9829629?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:01:08 UTC 9829629 Mr Elliot Barker [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9829582?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:51:21 UTC 9829582 Dr Edward Brentnall [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9829129?utm_medium=rss Such nonsense as the 'Alt Med' has been promulgated for 60 years in my experience.
I am qualified in General Practice and Emergency Medicine, and have witnessed much harm to the gullible patients who follow such dubious advice. If the DHS does not take action on this, one has to doubt the expertise and genuine willingness to act in the interest of patients within the Department.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:21:10 UTC 9829129 mr WILLIAM PULS [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828994?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:54:46 UTC 9828994 Mr Ralph Green [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828917?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:35:30 UTC 9828917 Hasan Ramdan [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828678?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:45:26 UTC 9828678 Anonymous [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828661?utm_medium=rss It is understandable that information on CAM techniques be included at Better Health Channel. However it must be made clear at the top of each "fact sheet" that these methods have no medical benefit beyond a placebo effect. And there should be a link to the definition of "placebo".

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:41:05 UTC 9828661 Ms Rosemary Sceats [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828519?utm_medium=rss I don't believe in ghosts, magic or alternative medicine that is unproven to work. I don't think the Government should be endorsing or subsidising pseudoscience or New Age "cures", treatments or therapies. If an alternative medicine was ever proven to work, it would no longer be considered "alternative", but mainstream. In short, there's medicine that is known to work, and there's all the rest.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:17:43 UTC 9828519 Dr Stephen Roberts [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828040?utm_medium=rss There is enough misleading 'bad science' out there already. A Government site should not be contaminated with it.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:53:12 UTC 9828040 yvonne harper [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828032?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:51:37 UTC 9828032 Ms Anonymous [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9828002?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:45:51 UTC 9828002 Ms SarahJane Cooper [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827875?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:22:18 UTC 9827875 David Bowers [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827749?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:00:02 UTC 9827749 Mr Mike Petrescu [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827728?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:57:11 UTC 9827728 Mr Paul Wright [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827421?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:10:05 UTC 9827421 Robert Webb [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827404?utm_medium=rss Alternative "medicine" is allowed to exist without being regulated for efficacy in any way, while science-based medicine must go through many hoops and hurdles to prove itself (as all medicine should). The government should not even tacitly endorse any medication for which no good evidence exists.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:07:32 UTC 9827404 Mr Anonymous [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827326?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:56:04 UTC 9827326 Ryan Smith [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827219?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:43:20 UTC 9827219 Dr Richard Gould [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827110?utm_medium=rss Around 1903 it became safer to go to a doctor than not. Let's make 2011 the year it became safe to rely on evidence-based Victorian Government Fact Sheets.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:28:36 UTC 9827110 Sue McLeod [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827090?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:25:55 UTC 9827090 Dr Tony Krins [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9827041?utm_medium=rss I am appalled that my tax dollars are being used to promote superstitious health advice.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:21:12 UTC 9827041 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826985?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:14:08 UTC 9826985 Mr Michael White [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826876?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:02:57 UTC 9826876 Miss Carolyn Coulson [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826858?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:00:47 UTC 9826858 Mr Anonymous [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826836?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:57:55 UTC 9826836 Mr Peter Weller [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826788?utm_medium=rss All government agency support, advertising and promotion of any kind of therapeutic goods must be backed by the scientific method.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:53:30 UTC 9826788 Mr Paul Gallagher [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826766?utm_medium=rss The preponderance of unproven treatments draws clientele and funding away from proven therapy. In a strange race to "keep up" with what our community offers, and to simultaneously garner Therapist Service Provider credit, patients are force fed new age therapy - not treatment - by entrepreneurs. "Better Health" has failed to guide even marginally as snake oil is sold to ill, vulnerable, at-risk and in need Victorians.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:50:07 UTC 9826766 Mr Terry Kelly [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826748?utm_medium=rss The Victorian Government should only promote evidence based products.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:48:48 UTC 9826748 Edgar Loutit [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826731?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:46:55 UTC 9826731 Dr Gordon Cheyne [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826659?utm_medium=rss Medical advice should be from properly qualified medical practitioners.
The alternative to therapy is alternative therapy.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:41:37 UTC 9826659 Ms Lynne Kelly [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826575?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:33:43 UTC 9826575 Professor David Vaux [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826487?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:26:22 UTC 9826487 Dr Richard Masterton [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826475?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:25:04 UTC 9826475 Mr Joao Coelho [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:22:17 UTC 9826453 Dr Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826440?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:21:08 UTC 9826440 Mr James Bannan [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826414?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:18:27 UTC 9826414 Mr Anonymous [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9826077?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 03:47:04 UTC 9826077 David Hawkes [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9825883?utm_medium=rss The public view government health websites as unbiased factual information. The inclusion of un- or disproven alternative therapies is misleading

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 03:29:23 UTC 9825883 Mrs Carol Calderwood [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9824664?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 01:42:43 UTC 9824664 Ms Nicole Blain [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9820367?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Mar 2011 06:40:12 UTC 9820367 Mr Bradley Kendall [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9789347?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:34:11 UTC 9789347 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9789084?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:03:50 UTC 9789084 Mr Dennis Bowden [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9756472?utm_medium=rss Homeopathy involves taking is water; you cure yourself.

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:22:37 UTC 9756472 Mr Scott Watson [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9748461?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:19:08 UTC 9748461 lorraine evans [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9747343?utm_medium=rss I expect and demand reliable evidence based information on a gov. website - there are too many gullible people ready to go to quacks without more encouragement

]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:57:16 UTC 9747343 Miss Lesley Wheeler [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9747067?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:21:24 UTC 9747067 Nicola Franklin [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9740193?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:35:54 UTC 9740193 Tony Pitman [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9725240?utm_medium=rss The Department of Health should be promoting science-based medicine only.

]]> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:00:22 UTC 9725240 Mr Simon Tyler [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9716353?utm_medium=rss The Dept. of Health must be responsible for what it says and does. If it has evidence that, e.g., Homeopathy works then show it. Otherwise, stop misleading the people you are meant to help.

]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:39:46 UTC 9716353 Michaela Walsh [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9698905?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:50:08 UTC 9698905 Mr Jin-oh Choi [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9698321?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:13:40 UTC 9698321 Mike Winslade [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9697920?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:22:04 UTC 9697920 Mr Bruce Wallace [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9695665?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:03:56 UTC 9695665 Ms Lisa Jooste [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9653378?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:10:54 UTC 9653378 Mr Martin Smith [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9652990?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:02:27 UTC 9652990 Mrs Sharon Morris [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9650906?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:44:57 UTC 9650906 Peter Tierney [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9643998?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:40:31 UTC 9643998 Mr Joseph Zappulla [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9642844?utm_medium=rss It is totally puzzling that an organisation with good intentions can fall for pseudoscientific concepts and even contribute to their dissemination to an unsuspecting public.

]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:12:16 UTC 9642844 My Anonymous [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9638124?utm_medium=rss Science is the best tool we have to seperate information from bad information.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:22:27 UTC 9638124 Mr Anonymous [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9630167?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:42:51 UTC 9630167 Mr Mal Vickers [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9627881?utm_medium=rss The Better Health Channel - Homeopathy web site is misleading. This website should properly inform consumers about Homeopathy. Mention needs to be made that no molecule of the active ingredient remains in Homeopathy after ultra dilution. The Cochrane review does not recommend Homeopathy for any aliment.

]]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:48:32 UTC 9627881 Mr Don Hyatt [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9625642?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:30:38 UTC 9625642 Adele Wheatley [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9625042?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:29:38 UTC 9625042 Mr Bradley Kendall [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9624990?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:15:19 UTC 9624990 Mr Nick Croucher [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9623958?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:47:11 UTC 9623958 Mrs Maureen Chuck [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9619597?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:30:17 UTC 9619597 Peter Bowditch [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9619527?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:22:24 UTC 9619527 Mr Anthony Enders [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9618449?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:07:39 UTC 9618449 Mr Terry Kelly [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9618408?utm_medium=rss The Dept of health's "fact sheet" is not a fact sheet while it lends support to unproven and potentially dangerous non-medical practices.

]]> Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:01:57 UTC 9618408 Mrs Laura Driessen [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9618209?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:37:28 UTC 9618209 Dr Felice Jacka [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9617811?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:36:22 UTC 9617811