ONLY HOSPITALS THAT KILL PEOPLE SHOULD BE FUNDED

August 15, 2022

“Boy's open-heart surgery postponed eight times due to Victorian hospital crisis” read one ABC News headline. “Deadly ambulance ramping at Victorian hospitals was on the rise before COVID-19, study finds” read another. “‘Unsustainable:’ Shock number of Victorians waiting for vital surgery revealed, as ambo crisis worsens,” began Saturday’s lengthy article...

DEATH CHEAPER THAN CARE IN CANADA

August 3, 2022

Canada continues to demonstrate just how quickly the true consequences of euthanasia come to pass after legalisation. ‘Medical Aid in Dying’ laws, which were enacted in 2016, were touted as a ‘compassionate’ option to assist terminally ill people to ‘die with dignity’. They are now being used as a cheap...

PUSH TO EXPAND EUTHANASIA IN NZ AFTER JUST 8 MONTHS

August 2, 2022

The New Zealand Herald has reported that despite euthanasia and assisted suicide only becoming available in November 2021 (just eight months ago), “there are already signs that the rules may need to evolve.” Following a report that showed a high number of ineligible patients, the Herald’s social issues reporter Isaac...

IS INABILITY TO AFFORD RENT A REASON FOR EUTHANASIA?

July 28, 2022

Tracey Thompson was a successful chef, but then she got COVID. She is one of the estimated 5% of patients who developed what is called long COVID. According to the report in news.com.au: “Long Covid” is ill-defined and difficult to diagnose. Some experts claim roughly 5 per cent of people...

LABOR’S DEATH PRIORITY FOR THE TERRITORIES

July 28, 2022

It’s only been a few short years since the Federal Senate rejected laws to overturn the current ban on Territories enacting euthanasia legislation. In 2018, Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm’s private member’s bill was defeated in the Senate 36 votes to 34. Now with a change of government, the Labor...

MAN WALKS FREE AFTER KILLING WIFE

July 27, 2022

The trial lasted only four days. The court only sat for about 13 hours over those four days. The jury took only 90 minutes to reach their verdict and the judge delivered the sentence on the same day. The relatively brief court proceedings betray the seriousness of the matter. In...

ONE YEAR OF EUTHANASIA IN WA

July 22, 2022

It has been one year since Western Australia implemented its euthanasia and assisted suicide legislation, and while proponents are trying to put on a positive spin, the focus is in the wrong place. In the first year more than 680 people have requested the service and 171 people have ended...

QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT PUSHES TO OVERTURN EUTHANASIA TELEHEALTH BAN

July 22, 2022

Ahead of the vote to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide in Queensland in 2021, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced “it is absolutely not physically possible to put in palliative care into every community in Queensland”. Her government now, rather than committing itself to rectifying this situation, is focused instead on doing...

LESSONS FROM THE US ABORTION DEBATE

July 20, 2022

Over the last few weeks, protests have occurred around the globe over the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson; the decision that overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that, in 1973, legalised abortion across the country. The decision also received significant coverage in Australian media commentary as well....

CANADA TO ALLOW EUTHANASIA FOR MENTAL ILLNESS

July 6, 2022

Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide regime has continued to expand at an accelerated rate in the few short years since the practice was legalised in 2016. A major change occurred last year when the law was amended to allow people whose death was not imminent to access the scheme, in...