Church_of_Conscious_Living
Church of Conscious Living
Australian sham anti-vaccination church
The Church of Conscious Living is an Australian anti-vaccination organisation founded in 2015 to circumvent vaccination policy for childcare and play schemes.
The organisation was established by anti-vaccinationist Stephanie Messenger[1] and promoted by the Australian Vaccination Network in order to exploit an exemption in the Australian "No Jab, No Play" policy for publicly supported childcare and play schemes. The policy only allows unvaccinated children to be enrolled in childcare if parents cite religious objections.[2]
The Church of Conscious Living is not registered as a church or charity with the Australian federal government's Charities and Not-for-profits Commission; it is instead registered as a for-profit business.[1] The Church costs $25 to join.[1]