A number of Labor MPs are expected to use a conscience vote to reject a bill to allow the ACT and NT to debate legalising voluntary assisted dying.
Jos Hall watched with interest this week as the highly charged issue of death as mercy played out in Brisbane’s Supreme Court via an attempted murder trial. It so easily could have been her.
Premier Dominic Perrottet vowed to “fix” palliative care funding during the debate into voluntary assisted dying.
When the voluntary assisted dying bill passed the lower house on Thursday morning,it sent a powerful message about the power of independents.
The passage of this controversial measure provides a clear indication that social attitudes are changing.
NSW passed historic legislation this week,but the PM says he will not give NT or the ACT the same opportunity.
“Even if I can never use the laws,it matters to me that they exist,” says Siobhan O’Sullivan,who is dying from ovarian cancer.
Terminally ill people in NSW will be able to access voluntary assisted dying after a historic vote in parliament.
However,supporters say the move won’t stop the final vote to make NSW the last state in Australia to legalise euthanasia.
Bronnie Taylor says the community has spoken and the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws should now pass unchanged.
The NSW voluntary assisted dying bill must be amended before it becomes law,lest autonomy triumph over concerns about safeguards and the risk of a wrongful and early demise.