National Health Practitioner Ombudsman (NHPO)

Dear Jett

Thank you for your email.

Below is my response to the outcome I received from AHPRA. I have also attached a copy of their letter for your reference, as requested.

Please note that I document and blog all correspondence from Australian government agencies for transparency. You can view this response, along with prior communications and supporting evidence, on my website

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards, 

Danielle Stevens

We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran

https://agentorangechild.wixsite.com/agent-orange-child

A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.

Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.

Subject: Additional Information – Ongoing Harm Due to Failure to Diagnose Structural Defects (Ref: 12809802)

Dear Ms Blomfield,

Thank you for your ongoing attention to this matter.

I would like to add further critical context regarding the serious harm I have suffered as a result of failures by multiple practitioners to identify and communicate structural abnormalities — particularly the birth defects in my ears and spine — which are now confirmed by imaging.

For over five years, I have been repeatedly reporting structural alignment issues, chronic nerve pain, and symptoms that were consistently dismissed or minimised by both Dr Adrian Smith and Dr Gert Tollesson. Neither took appropriate steps to investigate or refer me for a proper diagnostic workup. Their failure to engage with these symptoms has resulted in significant and avoidable physical deterioration and worsening disability.

In particular:

Dr Tollesson (2011) blamed my condition on lifestyle factors (smoking), despite a clear injury history and physical symptoms, and refused to link my accident to my spinal dysfunction.

Dr Smith dismissed my hip and nerve pain and instead referred me to a university gym program “to keep me busy,” even though I was 44 at the time, clearly deteriorating, and had begun to show signs consistent with multiple system nerve damage.

Further, the ENT specialist who recently reviewed my scans failed to inform me of confirmed congenital defects involving missing or malformed small bones in my ears. This should have been identified and communicated to me promptly, especially given the associated bilateral superior semicircular canal dehiscence noted in my CT scan. The failure to explain these defects has caused profound distress and delayed my ability to understand the full scope of my condition.

Had I been informed of these congenital defects earlier, I could have recognised the link to Agent Orange (TCDD) exposure, which is now internationally documented to cause such abnormalities in second-generation children of veterans. This information would have empowered me to begin my advocacy more than 15 years ago, and hold the Department of Veterans Affairs accountable at a much earlier stage — possibly preventing the extreme deterioration I now face.

The cumulative effect of these medical oversights, under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Qld), may amount to:

Unprofessional conduct (Section 5)

Failure to meet expected standards of care (Section 139C)

Performance that poses a risk to the public, given the implications of delayed diagnosis in similar cases of toxic exposure

My case is not isolated — and the missed opportunity to link my symptoms to second-generation toxic exposure constitutes a broader failure of duty within the system. I have launched a website documenting the emerging evidence and will be filing a formal submission to the International Criminal Court on 1 July.

I am prepared to provide further medical documentation, scan reports, and a timeline of practitioner interactions to assist your investigation. I ask that these updates be added to my file under the above reference number.

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,

Danielle Stevens

0411838313

We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran

https://agentorangechild.wixsite.com/agent-orange-child

A formal complaint has been lodged the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity.

All correspondence can be included in legal proceedings.

25/07/2025 Update

Subject: Website Visit from Melbourne – Monitoring Confirmed

Dear Australian Government

Please be advised that at 9:10 AM today, a visitor from Melbourne accessed the homepage of my website and immediately navigated to the blog post detailing my submission to the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman (NHPO).

This strongly suggests that individuals within the relevant agencies or their representatives are actively monitoring the situation — and specifically tracking my public record of misconduct, regulatory failure, and international escalation.

As noted previously, all communications, documentation, and government responses are being archived for formal proceedings before the International Criminal Court. Any continued refusal to act on clear evidence of regulatory failure — now compounded by silent observation — will be documented as complicity and obstruction.

Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,

Danielle Stevens

International Criminal Court & International Bar Association

The Australian Governments choice to observe without engaging, despite formal notification, establishes not just awareness — but culpability under both domestic and international legal standards.