Australian Constitution S. 51 xxiii a

The BMA lobbied to have a clause included in the 1946 referendum to allow the government to appropriate funds for provision of medical services which prevented them from being conscripted into public service. This clause was derived from earlier Acts preventing the government from compelling civilians to provide labour, property or services at their direction except in times of war. The government and the medical fraternity now claim this part of the constitution does not prevent the government from adding industrial toxic waste in the form of hydrofluosilicic acid to the public water supply under the guise of preventative dental care.