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== Masters thesis investigation ==
Wilyman was previously investigated and cleared by the university after allegations relating to her 2007 Masters thesis. After investigating the allegations and clearing Wilyman in 2015, the university declined to publicly release details, but under a Freedom of Information request a small number of documents were released after the Information & Privacy Commission of NSW intervened. In March 2016 there was a further release of hundreds of heavily redacted pages relating to the investigation, after the initial response was appealed. In what text was left unredacted, it showed that the complaint was referred to a high-level conduct committee, which dismissed the complaint after a two-month investigation and took no further action. The documents revealed that Judy Raper, the university's Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research, wrote to Wilyman after the investigation saying that it should not have occurred, that she was "sincerely sorry for this to have happened", and that "academic misconduct processes are not a forum for academic debate".

== Political career ==
Wilyman ran in the 2019 Australian federal election as a candidate for the Western Australia senate as a member of the anti-vaccination/anti-fluoridation, Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party. She was not successful, receiving a very small number of votes (594 on first preference, 0.04% of total; and 3,122 ticket votes, 0.22% of total).

== References ==

== Further reading ==
Bowditch, Peter (March 2016). "What Is a PhD Worth?". Australasian Science.
Durrheim, D.N.; Jones, A.L. (2016). "Public health and the necessary limits of academic freedom?". Vaccine. 34 (22): 2467–2468. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.082. PMID 27063454.

== External links ==
Wilyman, Judy (2015). A critical analysis of the Australian government's rationale for its vaccination policy (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). University of Wollongong.
University of Wollongong (13 January 2016) press release responding to academic freedom.
Statement from University of Wollongong health & medical researchers (18 January 2016) - "supporting immunisation".
11 Medical Research & Clinical Societies statement (27 January 2016) - response to UOW controversy Archived 29 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine.