Lyme disease was found in Australia 24 years ago! The LDAA are fortunate to have been provided with this video and further supporting evidence of 1992 research. "We knew we had a break through as recently as about a week ago [1992] when we discovered that the microbe that we have been characterising is actually structurally very similar if not identical to the 'classical Lyme' disease [Borrelia burgdorferi] causing agent". In 1992 ABC's The 7.30 Report aired a story highlighting how scientist Michelle Wills with little funding and tentative support discovered Borrelia sp. in Australian ticks. The Department of Health’s specialist medical adviser, Dr Gary Lum, has continually argued that there is NO EVIDENCE of 'classical Lyme' ever being found in Australia. As a result nothing has been done to help the thousands of Australians that have become sick after tick bites. Michelle's discovery of Borrelia was confirmed by US Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Alan Barbour who had worked with Wihelm Burgdorfer who discovered Lyme disease. So... WHY wasn't this research from the 90's ever followed up? Click on the picture link to watch this ground breaking report. It will blow you away how in 1992 locally acquired Lyme was known, yet ignored. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnnFrC2x-zA&feature=youtu.be