‘Maybe sunlight could be the best vaccine’: Pete Evans endorses anti-vax party

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“Without a doubt, I am one proud person at the moment to see such amazing energy in people coming together,” a tearful Ms Lahn said.

The party, formerly known as the Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party, states its formal policy is to support the right to freely opt out of “mass-medication programs” such as vaccinations.

Earlier this year, Evans was fined $25,000 by the Therapeutic Goods Administration over complaints about a “BioCharger” device that he claimed could be used in relation to “Wuhan Coronavirus”. The TGA said the claim had no apparent foundation.

“If people want to have a vaccine, so be it, that is their perogative, that is their choice,” Evans said during the live Facebook interview this week. “If other people don’t want to have a vaccine, that is their choice too.

“Maybe sunlight could be the best vaccine in the world, maybe good nutrition could be the best vaccine in the world, maybe self love, and maybe hugs and connecting to other human beings.”

Evans, who has been heavily criticised by the medical community for using his platform to peddle conspiracy theories, said “disease would set into these people [politicians] for the corruption and lies they perpetrate”.

The Facebook interview was broadcast on Friday morning, the same day the LNP did a U-turn on its decision to place Labor last on its how-to-vote cards.

It has now decided to put the anti-vaccination party last.

“I am unashamed about putting anyone who risks the safety and the health of children [last] … they don’t even deserve to be on the ballot paper,” LNP leader Deb Frecklington said on Saturday.

Earlier this month, Ms Frecklington said the LNP would put Labor last on its cards, a move Deputy Premier Steven Miles warned would be “reckless”.

“This is incredible that they would seek to govern with just about any freak or weirdo who’s putting their hands up in this election,” he said.