A radio commercial that was authorised by Clive Palmer and played on Queensland radio stations claiming that there have been 210 Australian deaths due to the COVID-19 vaccine has been debunked by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

The commercial begins by saying that Australia has recorded one COVID-19 associated death in 2021.

“Australia has had one Covid-19 associated death in 2021,” the ad said. “But the TGA [Therapeutic Goods Administration] reports that there’s been 210 deaths and over 24,000 adverse reactions after Covid vaccinations. Authorised by Clive Palmer, Brisbane," the full ad reads.

The TGA slammed the radio advertisement, saying that the “misinformation, in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, poses an unacceptable threat to the health of Australians”.

“The Therapeutic Goods Administration is seriously concerned about misleading information, authorised by Mr Clive Palmer that has recently been broadcast on radio stations in the Grant Broadcasters radio network and which provides an incorrect picture of the safety of Covid-19 vaccines,” the medicines regulator said.

The inaccurate claim that COVID-19 vaccines have caused more than 200 deaths refers to the number of people who have died after being vaccinated but apart from one case, none have been linked by the TGA to the vaccine.

The same claim has gained momentum on social media by anti-vaccine campaigners, but the social media posts have since been removed.

A day after the TGA raised concerns, the radio broadcaster that ran them had announced that they've stopped.

“Our radio stations strongly support their local communities and that includes fully supporting initiatives that keep our community safe, like the federal and state government Covid-19 vaccination programs,” the regional broadcaster said on Wednesday.

“The advertisements are no longer running across our network.”

The broadcaster said that the Palmer ads were subject to the laws of political advertising, which didn't include the ability to "restrict the contents of a political advertisement".

“We also have a responsibility to allow lawful public debate about matters of public importance,” the regional broadcaster said.

“The Therapeutic Goods Administration has acknowledged the concerns we raised regarding this messaging and we are grateful to the TGA for stepping up to provide a clear statement of the federal government’s position on this type of political advertising.”