A three-day seminar hosted by a prominent anti-vaccination advocate in Sydney will go ahead despite calls for its cancellation.
American speaker David Wolfe is set to host the controversial event at the International Convention Centre this weekend as part of an Australia-wide tour which will include topics such as "Activating your Genius" and "Goal Setting and the Holy Flow".
Mr Wolfe describes himself as the "Indiana Jones of the superfoods and longevity universe" and claims vaccines "can injure, permanently main, or even kill you or a family member", according to his website.
He also believes the earth is flat and seawater would levitate right off its surface if it didn't contain salt.
Opposition health spokesman Walt Secord has written to NSW Major Events Minister Adam Marshall demanding the government ban the anti-vaccination movement from using the ICC.
"It is irresponsible to provide a platform for such irresponsible views," Mr Secord said in a statement on Tuesday, citing the bipartisan stance against the anti-vaccination movement he shared with former health minister Jillian Skinner.
"Vaccinations are the only way to protect against serious diseases like polio, mumps, whooping cough, meningococcal, diphtheria and tetanus.
"We need to be encouraging vaccinations not discouraging them."
Mr Secord raised concerns over the immunisation levels in parts of Sydney's north and east, and the NSW north coast.
A spokeswoman for Mr Marshall said the ICC falls under the jurisdiction of Finance Minister Victor Dominello.
Mr Dominello's office referred AAP to a statement from the ICC which said: "The state government cannot intervene unless events are deemed unsafe, offensive or illegal."
A spokeswoman for the convention centre later said Mr Wolfe's event had not been deemed "unsafe, offensive or illegal" and was therefore not considered at risk of breaching their public-private partnership contract with the government.
The $1.5 billion ICC Sydney was opened to the public in December.
