Michael Tomlinson, Author at Brownstone Institute

Michael Tomlinson

Michael Tomlinson is a Higher Education Governance and Quality Consultant. He was formerly Director of the Assurance Group at Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, where he led teams to conduct assessments of all registered providers of higher education (including all of Australia’s universities) against the Higher Education Threshold Standards. Before that, for twenty years he held senior positions in Australian universities. He has been an expert panel member for a number of offshore reviews of universities in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Tomlinson is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and of the (international) Chartered Governance Institute.

Ethical Failures of the COVID-19 Era

By Michael Tomlinson | August 5, 2023

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In embarking on this grand experiment governments had no idea what they were doing. They recklessly breached all known codes of medical ethics and the principle... Read more.

Let a Hundred Schools of Thought Contend

By Michael Tomlinson | April 28, 2023

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The establishment consensus on COVID-19 is built on sand and should be challenged. It arose from premature closure of the scientific debate, followed by suppres... Read more.

Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom – Always!

By Michael Tomlinson | April 8, 2023

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The pandemic has shown us that research outputs can be statistical artefacts, made to order for an agenda. The most blatant example of this is the claim that th... Read more.

Ethical Challenges Arising from the Grand Illusion

By Michael Tomlinson | January 18, 2023

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The preliminary results of the mRNA vaccine randomized controlled trials (RCTs) by Pfizer and Moderna were celebrated as spectacularly successful and so governm... Read more.

The Growing Gap Between Reality and Pop Science

By Michael Tomlinson | December 29, 2022

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Government programs need to be rigorously evaluated, particularly when they affect public health and individual rights. The objectives should be clear, whereas ... Read more.

Retrospectives and Reviews of Pandemic Countermeasures

By Michael Tomlinson | December 7, 2022

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In response to this hypothetical scenario, governments panicked, ignored their own pandemic preparedness plans and adopted high-risk strategies that imposed res... Read more.

In Search of Safety Signals – Let the Light Shine In

By Michael Tomlinson | October 20, 2022

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Policy in public health should be only made on the basis of the evidence available. The evidence available indicates that the strategy of universal vaccination ... Read more.

The Universities Failed Us During the Pandemic

By Michael Tomlinson | September 1, 2022

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Both universities and governments imposed extreme policies, extending to the micro-management of everyday life during lockdowns and gross violations of human ri... Read more.

The Age of Deference to Experts Is Over

By Michael Tomlinson | June 29, 2022

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There has been a general feeling that in a public health emergency, anything goes. But on the contrary, in a public health emergency, when so much is at stake, ... Read more.

Jab Mandates Are Both Unethical and Fail the Cost/Benefit Test

By Michael Tomlinson | October 28, 2021

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Of all the unprecedented violations of human rights and individual liberty that have been inflicted on populations during the Covid-19 pandemic, the most intrus... Read more.