The Misdeeds of AHPRA

As suicides mount and doctors face increasing persecution, calls for an investigation into Australia’s medical regulator intensify.

On 3 May 2025, I attended a conference where almost 200 people—doctors, lawyers, policy advisers, politicians, whistleblowers, patients, and grieving families—gathered to confront the damage being inflicted by Australia’s most feared medical regulator.

Under the guise of protecting the public, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has fostered a climate of fear within the medical profession, bullying doctors, driving them to quit, and contributing to a growing number of suicides.

The event, The Misdeeds of AHPRA, was convened in Sydney by surgeon Dr Niro Sivathasan, backed by the Australian Medical Professionals’ Society (AMPS) and the Australian Doctors’ Federation, under the ‘Accountability Australia’ banner.