In international news, a major study undertaken by Danish researchers has revealed that there is no link between autism and the mumps, measles, and rubella vaccine.
The study, which has taken place over a decade, analysed over 650,000 children born in Denmark to Danish-born mothers from 1999 to 2010.
Director of the Australian Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance and a Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney, Kristine Macartney, says "Vaccines do not cause autism, in fact they prevent serious infections that actually in turn can cause brain damage.”