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The statement failed to mention the circumcision death in Perth, nor did it mention the advice of the Dr. Mark Duncan Smith, President of the Australian Medical Association that infant [[circumcision]] should be done only when a medical indication is present. | The statement failed to mention the circumcision death in Perth, nor did it mention the advice of the Dr. Mark Duncan Smith, President of the Australian Medical Association that infant [[circumcision]] should be done only when a medical indication is present. | ||
== The current situation in Australia == | |||
The Australian Pædiatric Association resolved in 1971 "that newborn male infants should not, as a routine, be circumcised." This decision was announced in a letter published in the ''Medical Journal of Australia''.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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