Article from 2015 regarding religious vaccination exemption in Australia:
'Christian Science church to be exempt from new vaccination laws; experts doubt surge of converts
Christian Science, Australia's only church allowed to refuse vaccination on religious grounds, will be unaffected by new Federal Government rules that will strip childcare and family benefits from those who boycott national vaccination programs.
Anti-vaccinationists have turned to online forums to workshop ways of exploiting the exemption, which they see as a loophole in the new rules.
This week, Social Services Minister Scott Morrison refused to divulge the identity of the church through fear it would be inundated with new followers keen to find a path towards exemption.
But one expert doubts there will be a sudden surge of converts to the faith.
"I think it's highly unlikely that anybody would be joining Christian Science just in order to get an exemption from vaccination," Dr David Smith, from the University of Sydney's US Studies Centre, said….'
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-15/christian-scientists-exempt-from-new-vaccination-laws/6395480