A Warwick-based doctor has been suspended from practising in Australia after being charged with offences relating to child abuse material.
Sina Adl, 28, was subject to immediate registration action by Queensland’s health watchdog from Christmas Eve, according to a formal notice.
Mr Adl is charged with one count of possessing or controlling child abuse material, alleged to have occurred in Newtown, Toowoomba, on December 18 last year. He also faces a charge of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, alleged to have taken place in the same suburb between March 2023 and September 2025.
Mr Adl also offered Cello lessons in Warwick according to an ad placed in Music Teachers Online in 2023 where he wrote that “I’m happy to be visited at home, or travel around Toowoomba and Warwick region”.
In his Griffith University “Brighter Futures Scholarship Program” profile, dating back several years, Mr Adle said he was drawn to a number of areas of medicine including “paediatrics”. Mr Adle served as a volunteer at a children’s hospital in Brisbane, which he described as a rewarding role that included helping children.
The possession of child abuse material charge first appeared before Ipswich Magistrates Court on December 20 and were adjourned to Toowoomba Magistrates Court, where the matter is due to be mentioned on January 27.
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency records show Mr Adl graduated from Griffith University in 2021 and was registered as a medical practitioner in December that year.
His LinkedIn profile states he has been working as a rural generalist trainee with Albury Wodonga Health on the New South Wales–Victoria border since 2023. The profile also says he completed an internship with Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service in 2022.
“Growing up in Iran and later moving to Australia exposed me to vastly different cultures and ways of life. This inspired me to pursue medicine, driven by my passion for humanity and cross-cultural understanding,” Mr Adl wrote.
Mr Adl may apply to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal to overturn the suspension, or the Health Ombudsman may revoke the decision.
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