The vaccine-skeptic Italian government has sacked every member of the country's health advisory board. Health minister Giulia Grillo removed all 30 members of the Higher Health Council Monday, arguing it is time to give space to the new." The council is the country's most prominent body of technical-scientific experts, who advise the government on health policy. Grillo is a member of the Five Star Movement (MS5)-the senior party in Italy's ruling coalition, which has previously supported unproven cures for cancer and promised to overturn laws making vaccines mandatory for children. Explaining her decision, Grillo wrote on Facebook, "We are the #governmentofchange and, as I have already done with the appointments of the various organs and committees of the ministry, I have chosen to open the door to other deserving personalities." MS5 came to power earlier this year on a wave of anti-establishment sentiment. The party's vaccine-skepticism has also been well-publicized. During this year's election campaign, MS5 promised to reform a law that made 10 vaccines mandatory and required a doctor's note to confirm the injections. In June, Grillo said parents could "self-certify" that their children had been vaccinated and waved the requirement for doctor confirmation.