This submission will provide content on each of the terms of reference of this inquiry. Continue reading

Everyone is familiar with the concept of “getting a foot in the door”. The same principle applies to legislation. Continue reading

Late July HOPE was on the ground in QLD meeting various stakeholders with whom we’ll be orchestrating a coordinated effort to push back on QLD’s euthanasia lobby.  Continue reading

West Australian Health Minister Roger Cook recently said that the government wanted all West Australians to be able to get quality palliative care when needed. Continue reading

In Queensland, following recent stories of a health care system in crisis, where Queenslanders were being urged by the Health Minister not to go to hospital unless it was a medical emergency because almost all the public hospital beds were taken, there are new challenges facing elderly residents when it comes to health care.  Continue reading

Christophe began thinking about euthanasia three years ago. Continue reading

We know that laws allowing euthanasia and assisted suicide fundamentally change the therapeutic relationship between doctors and their patients. You cannot remove the prohibition on doctors killing their patients without serious consequences. Continue reading

HOPE has been very busy since the McGowan Government announced 8 months ago that it would introduce legislation to enable euthanasia and assisted suicide in WA. Continue reading

“By succumbing to the push for voluntary assisted dying legislation, are we abandoning the push for quality end-of-life care and palliative care, and are we stating that there is no more we can offer and that death is the only option?” Continue reading

A group of concerned, experienced palliative medicine physicians has made an important contribution to the current euthanasia inquiry in Queensland. Continue reading