The South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT) has upheld an indefinite ban on health-care worker Adrian Fabio Mangini, after he sought review of a 2024 ban by the Community Services Complaints Commissioner. ABC reported on Saturday, 17 October 2026, that Mangini has appealed to the state’s Supreme Court. The appeal is pending; the practice ban stands until another order.

Mangini had been providing services in South Australia described as “hypnogym”, hypnotherapy and yoga. The ban is not a criminal sentence. Senior member Jacqueline Rugless found, in the judgment quoted by ABC, an “overt abuse” of vulnerable consumers’ health and “deliberate dishonesty” in advertising.

SACAT upheld a finding that Mangini claimed, in a YouTube video, to have made a woman with a non-ambulatory disability walk after an 11-minute consultation. Rugless said there was no evidence the woman had previously been disabled or could not walk. It also upheld a finding that, in a private message, he represented he could cure cancer by referring to a client being “10 years’ cancer free”.

The tribunal also upheld a finding of behaviour of a sexual or close personal nature with a client. Mangini argued the case was a “vendetta”; Rugless found no evidence of a vendetta or racist motive and said the proven allegations had been independently verified by the commissioner’s investigation. She said he had shown no remorse and still posed a risk to the public.

A Supreme Court appeal does not automatically lift the ban. Until a new order, Mangini remains barred from practice, according to the 17 October reports.

This article reports an administrative decision. It is not medical advice and does not claim that hypnosis cures cancer or disability.

Image: Scott W., Supreme Court of South Australia, Adelaide, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons; archive building, not a photograph of the SACAT hearing. Mangini has appealed here.

Sources consulted: SA health care worker Adrian Mangini banned after claiming he could cure cancer — ABC News; South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal — SACAT.